Levante and Rubin Kazan have played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 encounter at the Ciutat de Valencia.

Following a quiet first half, the visitors were reduced to 10 men on 55 minutes when Cristian Ansaldi received his second yellow card of the night for a foul on Sergio Ballesteros.

However, Levante were a man down soon after as Michel lunged in recklessly on Gokdeniz Karadeniz.

Rubin nearly snatched the win in the final minute of the match, but Bibras Natkho's effort came back off the post.

Written by
Jack Prescott