Russian football had a tough time of it on Matchday 1 in the Champions League. Richard ("The Tapper") and co-host Chris Riordan took to Russian Football Now's podcast to break down:

• Rubin Kazan's failures in Kiev,


• how Ramos's style hurt CSKA Moscow in Wolfsburg,


• the poor results of Russian teams in European play,


• Russian nationals performing across Europe,


• Andrei Arshavin's injury quandary at Arsenal,


• the rumors of Spalletti, Mancini to Zenit,


• review of last week's league action, and


• preview of the upcoming round of fixtures.

You can get the podcast at Russian Football Now, here.