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“The People’s coach of Russia”
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Barely two weeks into Yury Semin’s return to Lokomotiv Moskva, the excitement is virtually uncontainable. Whether it be the masters midas touch or not, following Lokomotiv’s 2-1 victory over Spartak this past weekend talk of top finish and the European stage is running rampant. With the short break for international competition, Lokomotiv presented Pavel [...]
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Will Army-Men lose Yuri Zhirkov?
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With CSKA Moskva’s Yuri Zhirkov quickly emerging as one of Russia’s brightest young stars, the faithful around Luzhniki fret whether they’ll be chanting “Zhirkov” for much longer. The play-maker extraordinaire has been linked to Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea and most recently, Barcelona.
Hopeful that he’ll continue to grace CSKA’s lineup but the Russian international might not be [...]
Category: Team NewsDick Advocaat leaves Zenit
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In an absolutely stunning move, Dick Advocaat has resigned from Zenit Saint Petersburg and will now manage the Belgian national team. While the sixty-two year old leader had recently noted the in the media that, “Zenit will by my last club. I will be 62 by the end of the year, so it is time [...]
Category: Team NewsArmy-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 [...]
Category: Team NewsYuri 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 [...]
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