Butragueno: CSKA are no pushovers

Emilio Butragueno, a director of nine-time European champions Real Madrid, does not believe CSKA will be a pushover as they were paired together in the Champions League last-16.

GettyImagesEmilio Butragueno played for the club from 1984 to 1995.

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Madrid will also have to contend with the conditions in Moscow and the artificial pitch at the Luzhniki stadium when they make the trip to the Russian capital.

''They are a dangerous team and they showed that by knocking out Lille, last season's French champions, and beating Inter in Milan. In football you never know. They have good, young and fast players,'' Butragueno said.

The former Madrid legend added on his club's website: ''We must be wary because we will play the first leg in February and we will find a low temperature in Moscow.

''We need to take it game by game because a bad night could leave you out of the competition. We have a great team and this season the performance of our players has been very good.''