http://russia.theoffside.com News from the Russian Football League Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:33:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you have a passion for Russian Premier League football? Do you like to write and to share your opinions? We're looking for someone to captain this blog. This is not a paid position, but you will be rewarded with an admiring worldwide audience that will hang ... http://russia.theoffside.com/team-news/write-for-the-russia-offside.html Dynamo Moscow isn't a lucky team. Really. Last years they were victim of fertilizer tycoon Alexey Fedorychev who bought a lot of foreign players and forgot about a good coach to make them play together. So they happily escaped the relegation. They've started new season without real striker and with ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/dynamo-moscow-did-it-4-out-of-12-and-the-secret-is.html Sorry for some space in Russian blog last week but here we come again. There are still news to read and goals to watch. Enjoy. Good weekend Alexander Prudnikov Spartak teenager from B-squad was late substitute and became a winning goal scorer. Prudnikov nicknamed Elephant (Slon) for his physique and he’s one of ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/good-weekend-bad-weekend/week-4-elephant-and-kitten-scored-goals-lokomotiv-jumped-the-track.html Bayern director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was unhappy with Russian referee for AC Milan vs. Bayern Munich Champions League quarterfinal. And somehow he was right. Yuriy Baskakov gave a controversial (hey, it was completely wrong - Lucio touched the ball first, then Kaka) late penalty to Milan. Kaka scored and all of ... http://russia.theoffside.com/team-news/baskakov-did-his-best-to-make-rummenigge-a-prophet.html Good Weekend Spartak Moscow Won the very principal away derby against Zenit. That was really Saint Petersburg versus Moscow clash and Muscovites suddenly crushed home side by three goals in first half. Juicy was the fact that first was scored by Spartak charismatic leader and captain Egor Titov (video below). And second ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/good-weekend-bad-weekend/week-3-story-of-three-derbies-and-the-broken-jaw.html Stockholm was the venue for international friendly between Brazil and Ghana. That wasn't an exciting remake of World Cup playoff match (remakes suck, actually) but CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love scored the only goal. You must be intrigued with these blue stripes interlaced in his hair. That's come from his specific ... http://russia.theoffside.com/international/vagner-love-scored-for-brazil-against-ghana-in-sweden-and-show-moscow-colors.html Now it's clear that playing for European clubs improves Russian footballer's skill. Year ago Russian national team was like Italy or Saudi Arabia (closer to Arabia, actually) – all consists of home-based players. And now Russia overtakes Estonia in EURO-2008 qualification match. Alexander Kerzhakov was the hero – he scored ... http://russia.theoffside.com/international/russia-vs-estonia-playing-for-sevilla-makes-sense.html At last I got the perfect illustration for popular action among Russian supporters. There are nor banners neither fireworks. There aren't drums. Don't even think of football chants. Face the reality: sunflower seeds. Look at these people eating seeds together. They came to support FC Rostov with their mouths ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/meet-sunflower-seeds-or-things-to-do-in-rostov-when-youre-a-football-fan.html Good weekend Leonid Slutskiy Coach of FC Moscow was the triumphant of principal "manager derby" vs Tom Tomsk (read more here). FC Moscow lost their best striker but Slutskiy bet on young forward Roman Adamov and won: he scored twice. Lucky "Russian Mourinho" Slutskiy! Alexander Gorshkov He was a hero yesterday, sending cryptic insult ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/good-weekend-bad-weekend/week-2-sad-tune-for-mozart-not-composer-just-midfielder.html Spartak Moscow can't make up their mind to losing status of the greatest Russian team to CSKA. Club's glorious history force them to win, win and win. They can't even stand the fourth place in table after the first game and changed it to third! Spartak's website published their own ... http://russia.theoffside.com/russian-premier-league/its-good-to-see-your-team-one-position-higher.html