CSKA Moscow 3-0 Trabzonspor: Deadly double from Doumbia eases Russians to Group B win

A superb double from Seydou Doumbia gave CSKA Moscow a convincing 3-0 win over Trabzonspor, which took them joint-top of Group B for the time being following Tuesday's opening Champions League fixture.

A volley from Aleksandrs Cauna sealed the win for Leonid Slutsky's men, and condemned the Turkish visitors to their first loss of the campaign.

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The main news going into the game as far as the visitors were concerned was the continued absence of top-scorer Burak Yilmaz, who had one more game of his suspension to serve. Coach Senol Gunes, however, did return, taking his place on the touchline after serving his two-game European ban.

As for the hosts, they made two changes; Kirill Nababkin was replaced by 19-year-old debutant Semen Fedotov at the back, and Zoran Tosic came in for Sekov Oliseh on the left-hand side of midfield.

With the temperature hovering just above freezing at the Luzhniki Stadium, and the visitors having produced just three shots on goal in their previous two matches, it looked before kick-off like a nailed-on home win.

The Turkish side were determined to attack from the outset, though, and in doing so produced the first real opportunity of the half; Giray Kacar headed just wide from a corner on eight minutes.

It wasn't however until the 30 minute mark that the match really sparked into life.

A wonderful passage of play by Trabzonspor culminated in Adrian Mierzejewski evading the Moscow defence and slotting the ball past Vladimir Gabulov and into the bottom left-hand corner. Unfortunately for the visitors, the Polish international was adjudged offside, and the goal disallowed.

Then, from the resulting free-kick, the Russians pumped the ball upfield, Vagner Love held off his marker, and with his back to goal flicked the ball to Seydou Doumbia, who, from 12 yards out, smashed into the net to give the home side a 1-0 lead going into half-time.

A new half began, but it was the same player that was proving most difficult to nullify: Doumbia sprinting through one-on-one on 47 minutes, but this time being stopped by Tolga Zengin in goal.

With 15 minutes remaining, Doumbia became the creator. The Ivorian sprayed the ball out wide for Vagner Love, who had the vision to cross early for substitute Aleksandrs Cauna. Unmarked, he struck the ball past the keeper at the far post to make it 2-0.

And it was Doumbia involved again 10 minutes later to make it 3-0. Receiving the ball 18 yards from goal, he turned Kacar inside out, and lifted the ball past the keeper to celebrate a superb double.

That win for CSKA means they go joint-top of Group B with Trabzonspor for now, with Inter due to face Lille in the group's other match later this evening.