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What can Manchester United expect on Thursday's trip to Rostov?

by Eliot Rothwell at Wednesday, Mar 8 2017 16:35
What can Manchester United expect on Thursday's trip to Rostov? Last season, much was made of Rostov’s rise. Head coach Kurban Berdyev took them from the relegation play-offs to a title challenge, before ultimately falling short. Parallels with Leicester, though stretched, were continually drawn. Both were seen as upstarts, moulding together an uncelebrate...
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Season Review: Assessing the Russian Premier League before long winter break

by Eliot Rothwell at Wednesday, Dec 21 2016 16:32
Season Review: Assessing the Russian Premier League before long winter break Winter, in Russia, generally means cold. The temperatures vary, from above zero in the areas around Krasnodar to around minus forty in Yakutsk, but, either way, the conditions are not conducive to professional football. So, each winter, a familiar debate appears in Russia around the scheduling of th...
Categories: Season Review

Can Besiktas end away day woes in Saturday's trip to Fener?

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Dec 1 2016 12:50
Can Besiktas end away day woes in Saturday's trip to Fener? 12 games into the Turkish Super Lig season, we are beginning to formulate a reasonably accurate picture of each team. Their strengths and weaknesses have made themselves evident over the season so far and, over a third of the way in, as the weather begins to grow colder, the jostling at the top of t...
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Can CSKA overcome nine-point gap to retain their RPL crown?

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Nov 24 2016 16:45
Can CSKA overcome nine-point gap to retain their RPL crown? Bottom of their Champions League group and nine points off the top of the Russian Premier League, this season is developing into a catastrophe for CSKA Moscow. Leonid Slutskiy’s side were crowned league champions just months ago but the situation, both on and off the pitch, is rapidly deterior...
Categories: Team Focus

Can Fenerbahce overcome slow start in pursuit of coveted fourth star?

by Eliot Rothwell at Wednesday, Nov 2 2016 16:00
Can Fenerbahce overcome slow start in pursuit of coveted fourth star? Fenerbahce’s season was derailed before it ever really began. A Champions League qualifier saw to that. The first leg, in Istanbul, went well, with a 2-1 win to take to Monaco for the second leg. Things looked good, with Vitor Pereira bringing in a few new players and switching to a 3-5-2. But...
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Form Guide: Are table topping Zenit back where they belong under Lucescu?

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Oct 27 2016 13:02
Form Guide: Are table topping Zenit back where they belong under Lucescu? The summer wasn’t easy for Zenit St Petersburg. They knew in advance that Andre Villas-Boas was leaving, sure, but his departure still provided the club with a problem to solve. Over the course of the summer, Zenit also lost their best player, as Hulk headed out to China in return for oodles o...
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Istanbul Basaksehir on top in Turkey thanks to flying Edin Visca

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Oct 6 2016 12:53
Istanbul Basaksehir on top in Turkey thanks to flying Edin Visca Istanbul has always dominated Turkish life. The administrative capital may have been moved to Ankara on the founding of the Turkish Republic but, where Istanbul lead, the rest of Turkey follows. In football, too, Istanbul has emphatically led the way for much of the country’s history, with min...
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Promes taking on star status in Russia following Hulk departure

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Sep 29 2016 15:44
Promes taking on star status in Russia following Hulk departure As Hulk said goodbye to Zenit Saint Petersburg this summer, Russian football was hurting. The national side had returned from Euro 2016 humiliated, with coach Leonid Slutskiy despondent. On Slutskiy’s return to CSKA Moscow, Ahmed Musa, the club’s main striker, let it be known that he was...
Categories: Player Focus

Besiktas Now Well Equipped for Domestic & European Adventure

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Sep 8 2016 17:20
Besiktas Now Well Equipped for Domestic & European Adventure Football clubs have little time to indulge in celebration. As soon as a league, a cup or a tournament is won, attention turns to the next challenge, the next season, and winning once more. Besiktas are a side that could have been forgiven for allowing themselves a moment of celebration this summer. ...
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FC Rostov - The Russian Leicester Continuing to Defy the Odds

by Eliot Rothwell at Thursday, Aug 25 2016 16:30
FC Rostov - The Russian Leicester Continuing to Defy the Odds The story of Leicester City is well told. The battle with relegation one season, the remarkable rise up the table the next and the most unexpected Premier League win in history. But as Leicester were brandishing themselves on English hearts, there was a parallel story in Russia. Rostov, who had surv...
Categories: Team Focus