I take a look at Thursday's fixtures in the RPL, featuring Lokomotiv and Dynamo. Loko will be looking to continue their good form and will be full of confidence after beating Dynamo last week. Dynamo, on the other hand, need to start picking up wins if they want to be challenging for the European places come the end of the season. Amkar v Rostov These two teams come into this match with contrasting form. Amkar have lost just 1 of their last 5 games, whereas visitors Rostov have lost 3 of … [Read more...]
Monday Rewind: September 2-9
September 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
EDITOR'S PICK: Boussoufa Shining in New Central Role at Lokomotiv - WhoScored.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: Meat-balls in a stew: Spartak Moscow's hunger grows - Back Page Football Moscow Ahead of the Game for 2018 World Cup - fcbusiness TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3: Easy money keeps Russians at home - Inside World Football Soccer politics: Anzhi Makhachkala and the dangers of Dagestan - NBC Sports WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: Why You Should Have Heard of... Yura Movsisyan - The Inside … [Read more...]
Top 10 Summer Transfers
September 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
First off, click here for our complete Summer 2013 Transfer Table. Russian clubs spent approximately €283 million this summer, with Dynamo topping the list at €68 million. Anzhi, meanwhile, after selling off 13 players in less than a month, earned more than any other club worldwide - €136 million. The best transfer stories of the summer, though, no offense to the Top 10, came from 11th-placed Volga Nizhny Novgorod. In mid June, the club announced it had signed 26-year-old Argentine … [Read more...]
Lokomotiv Batter Nine-Man Rostov
August 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
Lokomotiv came into the game with high expectations and confidence, built from the last gasp win over Terek last week. Kuchuk made four changes in the starting line up, slotting in newly-signed Boussoufa, alongside Caicedo, Mykhalyk and Samedov in place of Grigoriev, Tkachyov, Tigorev and Pavlyuchenko. Against last week's league leader Rostov, Kuchuk tried to stick to his usual 4-2-3-1, with Samedov, Maicon and Boussoufa freely swapping places to release Caicedo up-front The strategy worked … [Read more...]
