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Spartak Nalchik v Spartak Moscow match preview
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Being very up-front, given Spartak Moscow’s recent unpredictable run and deplorable play it is difficult to guess who will show up for this match. With the meltdown against Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League qualifiers I am expecting significant changes to the lineup but unclear how they will take this match.
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FC Moscow v Dynamo Moscow match preview
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This is a fascinating match and it’ll be interesting how the Dynamo Moscow midfield steps-up with the departure of playmaker Danni to Zenit. They have had many problems scoring and his loss will certainly create many attacking problems however their run of play cannot be ignored and are heavy favourites to take this match. Alternatively [...]
Category: Team NewsRubin Kazan v Amkar Perm’ match preview
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Heading into the international break Rubin Kazan has shown no signs of losing their top of the table form. They have opened their lead and showing extraordinary composure under pressure.
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Rubin Kazan – combined (3 W, 2 D, 0 L)(9 GS, 3 GA)
Jul 26 Rubin Kazan 0 – 0 CSKA Moscow
Aug 3 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 [...]
Category: Team NewsSamara Kryliya Sovetov v Tom’ Tomsk match preview
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Samara Kryliya Sovetov was chugging along looking like a European bound squad before they ran into a motivated Zenit Saint Petersburg who dismantled them 3-0 last week.
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Samara Kryliya Sovetov – combined (2 W, 2 D, 1 L)(6 GS, 3 GA)
Jul 30 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 4 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 3 CSKA [...]
Category: Team NewsTerek Grozny v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok match preview
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All I have to say of this is the dreaded road-trip to Vladivostok where points are rarely earned by visitors. This is one of the sports most challenging road trips within domestic leagues and visiting performances are consistently below their standard.
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Terek Grozny – combined (2 W, D,3 L)(4 GS, 8 GA)
Aug 3 Terek [...]
Category: Team NewsCSKA Moscow defeat Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0
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In a match just concluded CSKA Moscow completely dominated Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 in their Moscow derby.
The back-line that includes Russian capped Sergey Ignashevich, Aleksei Berezutskiy and Vasili Berezutskiy as well as a Lithuanian Deividas Šemberas shut-down the Lokomotiv assaults of Dmitri Torbinski and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and keeping Igor Akinfeev run of eight clean sheets [...]
Category: Team NewsZenit defeats Man Utd 2-1 in Super Cup!
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Sir Alex Ferguson will have to wait for another chance to win the Super Cup as Dick Advocaat’s Zenit Saint Petersburg easily defeated Manchester United 2-1 to win the UEFA Super Cup.
Pavel Pogrebnyak and new-man Danni contributed goals each to give the defending Russian Premier League and UEFA Cup a 2-0 lead before Nemanja [...]
Category: Team Newsif you can’t play with the big boys move along
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I’ve been posting for quite some time now that if any club seriously wanting to bring in Andrei Arshavin, it was easy. Pay the money, which given current market conditions, wasn’t that extraordinary. However the (english-speaking) media liked to continue the myth that Zenit was being unreasonable without ever mentioning (or was it being aware [...]
Category: Team NewsCSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow match preview
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A fatigued CSKA Moscow squad, many who were exhausted from international duty for Russia, let a golden opportunity get away from them last week as the played to a nil draw against Spartak Nalchik. However with a full week of recovery and human wall Igor Akinfeev, with over five-hundred minutes of not letting a ball [...]
Category: Team NewsFC Moscow to face FC Copenhagen in UEFA Cup
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The UEFA Cup draw was held this morning with eighty teams still in the competition. Winners of the next round, held on September 18 and October 2, will advance to the group stage round.
FC Moscow will face FC Copenhagen (København) of the Danish Superliga in the next round.
I will be providing a review of [...]
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