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Friendlies: West Ham beaten
- Updated: July 20, 2016
West Ham are still waiting for their first pre-season win after losing 3-0 to Rubin Kazan in Austria, on Wednesday.
The Hammers, who drew with FC Slovacko just 24 hours earlier, named a strong starting line-up that included Mark Noble, Aaron Cresswell, Michail Antonio and Gokhan Tore.
Sofiane Feghouli started for the second game in a row and youngsters Domingos Quina and Reece Burke were also in the XI.
Rubin took the lead after 23 minutes when Ilzat Akhmetov escaped Noble’s challenge and crossed for Marko Devic to turn in.
Enner Valencia headed over the bar from an offside position before substitute Declan Rice misplaced a pass across goal and Maxime Lestienne pounced to make it 2-0.
Feghouli and Pedro Obiang shot over in the second half as West Ham struggled to create clear chances, managing just two efforts on target.
Rubin wrapped up the win when Gokdeniz Karadeniz …
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