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Army-Men hoist Russian Cup!
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Despite playing much of the match a man-down, CSKA Moskva defeated Rubin Kazan to win their second consecutive Russian Cup.
The match was a cagey affair with the Army-Men painted into a tactical corner when Pavel Mamaev was sent off with a straight red-card at the thirteenth minute when he pulled down Alejandro Domínguez. Playing [...]
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Yuri Semin returns home to Lokomotiv Moskva
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For fans of Russian Football the old adage of the “more things change, the more they stay the same” is never more apropos as this weekend Oleg Romantsev and Yuri Semin will match wits as their sides, Lokomotiv Moskva and Spartak Moskva will battle. The meeting seemed near impossible to imagine a few months ago [...]
Category: Team NewsCSKA and Zenit dominate Guss Hiddink’s selection
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Ahead of Russia’s World Cup qualifying match against Finland on 10 June Guus Hiddink has named his twenty man squad. Of his list, which is dominated by CSKA Moskva and Zenit Saint Petersburg entrants, only Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) and Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham) play their club ball outside of Russia. Pavel Mamayev of the Army-Men received [...]
Category: Team NewsValery Gazzayev heads to Dynamo Kyiv
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With rumours rampant that Yuri Semin is set to return to Russian football, Dynamo Kyiv announced that Valery Gazzayev will take the reigns as manager this 20 June. The former CSKA Moskva and Russian national manager resigned at the end of last season after leading his side to a brilliant finish. He will inherit a [...]
Category: Team NewsDmitri Khokhlov scores late as Dinamo defeats Zenit
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Zenit Saint Petersburg lost its second successive match, losing 1-0 to Dinamo Moskva with Dmitri Khokhlov scoring late. The victory sees Andrey Kobelev’s Dinamo side catapult above Zenit and are now in sixth position in the table.
Confident before the match, Andrey Kobelev’s tactical plan was letter perfect as the free-flowing Zenit attack slowed to a [...]
Category: Team Newsno stopping Valery Karpin lead Spartak Moskva
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The extraordinary start to the Valery Karpin era for Spartak Moskva continued with a picturesque 5-1 victory over Amkar Perm at Luzhniki Stadium. With the victory Spartak is now fifth in the table on only four points behind league-leader Rubin Kazan.
Working like a fine twelve-cylinder engine, Spartak opened the scoring ten minutes in as Vladimir [...]
Category: Team NewsVladimir Maminov’s Lokomotiv continues unbeaten streak
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Lokomotiv Moskva resurgence under Vladimir Maminov continued as they defeated Terek Grozny 4-0 Saturday afternoon.
With Dmitri Sychev and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov out of the starting eleven, Lokomotiv’s attacking trident comprised the highly promising Aleksandr Minchenkov, Peter Odemwingie and Romanian international Răzvan Cociş. Lokomotiv took the lead thirteen minutes in as Peter Odemwingie outraced Grozny defender [...]
Category: Team NewsSpartak Moskva keeps winning under Valery Karpin
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Spartak Moskva responded to last weeks loss to Dinamo with a overwhelming 4-0 victory over Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast.
The victory continues the extraordinary play under Valery Karpin that has seen Spartak climb to fifth in the table, winners of their last three of four matches. After Jürgen Röber’s side came close via Aleksei Ivanov’s early effort, [...]
Category: Team NewsCitizens winning streak ends
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Lokomotiv Moskva ended FC Moskva’s four match winning streak as they played to a scoreless draw.
Miodrag Božović’s Citizen’s showed the greater attacking pulse early although they were unable to close the offerings out. Solid chances fell to Zvonimir Vukić and Aleksandr Sheshukov before the break but each was lacking the needed finishing touch. While the [...]
Category: Team NewsCSKA Moskva climbs to top of the table
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CSKA Moskva climbed to the top of the table with a 2-1 defeat Dinamo Moskva 2-1 thanks to Vasili Berezutskiy’s strike in added time.
Dinamo got off the mark five minutes into the match as following a simple throw-in by Marcin Kowalczyk, Dmitry Khokhlov played the ball off to Kirill Kombarov bearing down on CSKA ‘keeper [...]
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