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October 31st, 2008

Will Rubin Kazan clinch the Championship this weekend?

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With four match-days left in the campaign Rubin Kazan sits on the verge of winning the Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia. Excluding Zenit Saint Petersburg’s victory last year, since 1992 the championship has nested in Moscow divided between Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow. With some help from Spartak Moscow, Kurban Berdyev’s squad can clinch [...]

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October 30th, 2008

Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia gets more complicated

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The mid-week catch-up matches in Russia made the race for UEFA Cup spots quite a bit more complicated.

Without fail, Lokomotiv Moscow defeated Shinnik Yaroslav 3-0 on the strength of Diniyar Bilyaletdinov’s brace. However it wasn’t easy for Lokomotiv as Shinnik fought hard and it wasn’t till twenty minutes remained that the Russian capped attacker opened [...]

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October 29th, 2008

mid-week match-ups could have a big impact

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Two very important match-ups could decide the UEFA Cup selections in the Russia today. Playing catchup with the schedule, relegation condemned Shinnik Yaroslav visit Lokomotiv Moscow while Saturn Moscow Oblast comes to Petrovski to face Zenit St Petersburg. Both Lokomotiv and Zenit are heavily favoured but after each played to a draw their European efforts [...]

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October 27th, 2008

CSKA Moscow defeats Dynamo Moscow 3-1

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The heavyweight battle between CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow with a sure Champions League bid on the line produced a stunning performance by Koni resulting in the 3-1 victory. The victory extends their unbeaten streak to twelve matches, stretching back to July when manager Valery Gazzaev had announced he would step-down after the season and [...]

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October 27th, 2008

week 26 summary of Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia

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With the big match between CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow still to play today the title race is weeded itself out with a number of upsets this weekend. As the Army-Men head into the match they will be looking to reverse the four match streak between the two which has seen them unable to defeat [...]

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October 25th, 2008

Yegor Titov leads Khimki to victory

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Since joining Khimki from his legendary role at Spartak Moscow, Yegor Titov has simply had a stunning impact. While the fight to avoid relegation in the Russian Football is one of the toughest in the sport, Khimki has done what many considered possible and are now out of the danger zone, due of-course to arrival [...]

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October 24th, 2008

Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia; week 26

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The best race is Football is winding down as the Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia heads into week 26. The campaign has only five weeks to go and Rubin Kazan is firmly entrenched to take the title with a hearty seven point lead on CSKA Moscow. The big battle is for the all-important for second place [...]

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October 23rd, 2008

CSKA Moscow rolls to easy win

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Eighteen year-old Russia capped Alan Dzagoev stole the show today as CSKA Moscow rolled to a comfortable 3-0 victory over La Liga’s Deportivo La Coruña at Luzhniki Stadium.
The match was never in doubt as the teen phenom continued on his goal-scoring spree with a perfectly place free-kick only nine minutes into the match. Only three [...]

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October 23rd, 2008

“repeat our achievement of 2005?”

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In commenting to the press Valeri Gazzaev noted CSKA Moscow’s chances of repeating their 2005 UEFA Cup title:
“CSKA are a high-level European side with good players and a professional staff and on top of that we have had some good results in recent months. So, why shouldn’t we be able to repeat our achievement of [...]

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October 22nd, 2008

CSKA to face Deportivo de La Coruña in UEFA Cup

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Deportivo de La Coruña travels to Luzhniki Stadium to face CSKA Moscow in UEFA Cup action later today.
It certainly isn’t a secret that Koni would love to give leader Valeri Gazzaev a perfect send off with the UEFA Cup title that they won in 2005. Of recent they have been playing brilliantly domestically and [...]

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