Five Things Russia’s Recent Friendlies Taught Us
After securing qualification for next summer’s Euro, Leonid Slutsky had his first chance to experiment a bid during Russia’s two friendlies against Portugal and Croatia. Slutsky had to do without a...
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Russia’s Biggest Free Transfer Steals
Artyom Dzyuba joined Zenit from Spartak on a free transfer before this season. We could see some similar transfers next summer, as several prominent players will soon be free to negotiate with other...
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European Championships 2016 – Group B Preview
Russian Football News has joined forces with various other football websites to give you the experts’ view on European Championship 2016 Group B which contains England, Russia, Slovakia and Wales....
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RFN Top 50 – 35-21
Find the players from 50 to 36 here. 35. Vasiliy Berezutskiy, defender, CSKA At the age of 33, Vasiliy Berezutskiy exudes old-pro calmness and confidence on the pitch. The former national side captain...
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Spartak’s Winter Tasks
With the transfer window being almost three weeks old, and Spartak Moscow being in United Arab Emirates on their first training camp this winter, the fans are starting to wonder what’s happening...
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Trophy Lifting or Trench Digging for Roman Shirokov?
SONY DSC ”Everyone did as they were told. I didn’t fit in, not at all. I thought, just enjoy the opportunity, don’t confirm their prejudices. So, I started to adapt and blend in. I became way too nice....
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Russia’s Seven Best Winter Signings
Jonathan Mensah FROM Evian TO Anzhi Makhachkala It was no surprise to see Anzhi sign a central-defender in the winter window. After all, they do have the worse defence in the league. What is surprising...
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Slutsky’s Choice Part III: Midfielders
Moving on from the back line, in our third part of ‘Slutsky’s Choice’ we examine Russia’s midfield. Throughout the history of the national team, the midfield often possessed the most talented players....
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EURO 2016 Player Profile: Roman Shirokov
Introduction: Roman Shirokov is the enfant terrible in Russian football. Ever since he entered professional football as a youngster for Torpedo Moscow by going on an unscheduled two months vacation...
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Fake News is not Good News – Russia and FIFPro
A few days after FIFPro, the international union for professional football players, unveiled the “Biggest ever football survey”, I met with the President and CEO of Russia’s legal Footballers Union...
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