Champions Barcelona were drawn in a tough Group F, with Italian champions Inter, Ukrainian champions Dinamo Kiev and Russian champions Rubin Kazan.

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Europa League holders Atletico Madrid face an uphill task to stay in the competition after being beaten 2-0 at home by Russian side Rubin Kazan .

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The Romanian side, along with Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, AZ Alkmaar, Standard Liege, Debrecen, APOEL Nicosia and FC Zurich, make their Champions League debut in this year's tournament.

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Having dropped their first points in La Liga last weekend, Pep Guardiola's star-studded team were then surprisingly humbled 2-1 by Russian champions Rubin Kazan in the Champions League on Tuesday.

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It was the 83rd minute of Sunday evening's game between Terek Grozny and Tatarstan's Rubin Kazan at the Akhmat-Arena when Fifa referee Mikhail Vilkov sent off Utsyev for a second yellow card.

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And rather than the financial might of a Zenit side bankrolled by energy giant Gazprom, this time the winners were an unfashionable Rubin Kazan side from the predominantly Muslim region of Tatarstan.

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The success capped a triumphant return to the artificial surface of the Luzhniki Stadium, where Chelsea lost the 2008 Champions League final to Manchester United, after Rubin Kazan were forced to play away from home given concerns over the state of their stadium.

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Next Thursday's trip to Russia to face Rubin Kazan in the second-tier Europa League is the start of a run of four games in 10 days for last season's European champions, including an FA Cup semifinal against Manchester City next Sunday and then Premier League trips to Fulham and Liverpool.

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