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Nigeria international Ahmed Musa has maintained his Russian club CSKA Moscow are not under pressure going into a UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match at Real Madrid.
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The first leg in Moscow ended in a 1-1 draw with Musa in action for over an hour in his Champions League debut.
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The former Kano Pillars and VVV Venlo of Holland winger told MTNFootball.com that CSKA are the underdogs at the Bernabeu Wednesday and that everybody expects Real Madrid to win and that has therefore put all the pressure on the Spanish giants.
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“We did our best in the first leg and that was why we got a draw. We are not going to play the second leg under any pressure because we are the underdogs,” Musa told MTNFootball.com
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“Real Madrid will be under pressure to win because everybody expects them to win, but we are going there to do our best and upset them.
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“I learnt that CSKA Moscow have never lost to a Spanish opponent. I hope we continue with that against Madrid.”
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The overall winners of this tie will advance to the quarterfinals of Europe’s money-spinning annual club competition.