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Who is Arsen Zakharyan? The talented teen set for Chelsea

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Aug 26 2022 14:10
Who is Arsen Zakharyan? The talented teen set for Chelsea Chelsea may have struggled to land top targets for the senior squad this summer, but the future is still bright for the Blues. That's because the west London side have spent big on bringing in the best young talents across Europe, and further afield, as they prepare for the future. Carney Chukwuemek...
Categories: Player Focus

Weekend Schedule: Attention turns to El Clasico

by Ben McAleer at Friday, May 4 2018 19:05
Weekend Schedule: Attention turns to El Clasico We could have three more champions crowned in Europe this weekend, with Juventus, FC Porto and Lokomotiv Moscow all within a whisker of securing domestic glory.Elsewhere, there remains plenty to play for on the continent. We bring you the top matches and the ideal schedule for you to sink your teeth...
Categories: Top Match Preview

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 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

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...
Categories: Form Guide

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

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

Russian Premier League 2016/17 Season Preview

by Eliot Rothwell at Friday, Jul 29 2016 11:00
Russian Premier League 2016/17 Season Preview It was a summer of dreary disappointment for Russian football fans. Their national team laboured through three Euro 2016 group stage games, winning none. Any expectation, even hope, that the team would use the tournament as springboard for their own World Cup, in 2018, was extinguished. The only not...
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