James Appell: “Russian and English football have the same problem”
If you follow Russian football, you probably know who James Appell is, given there aren’t too many foreign journalists covering and interested in Russian football. There have been interviews with him...
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Five Things We Learned From The Winter Break
1. Dzyuba Remains an Enigma to (Most) Coaches in Russia Artyom Dzyuba ha struggled to find his best form at Spartak After the diabolical showing in Brazil last summer, the real Russian sport of...
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How far can Russia go at Euro 2016?
Leonid Slutskiy celebrates Russia’s 2-0 victory against Montenegro together with Aleksandr Kokorin, Pavel Mamaev and Roman Shirokov. Although the Russian national team have a few more days to wait...
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RFN Top 50 – 3-1
3. Artyom Dzyuba, striker, Zenit Scoring 16 times in his first 24 games for Zenit, six of these coming in the Champions League, Artyom Dzyuba has done everything he could to win over Zenit’s fans after...
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RFN Top 50 2016: 10-4
10: Denis Glushakov, Midfielder, Spartak (+31) Back in August nobody could possibly have predicted that Spartak would sit pretty at the top of the table going into the winter break, and even fewer...
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Editorial: Dzyuba’s Captaincy Shows Departure from Zenit Traditions
”I’m disappointed as hell,” a mate of mine who is a lifelong Zenit St. Petersburg supporter texted me after the club had appointed Artyom Dzyuba captain. “Those people who run the club now,” he...
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Goodbye Dzyuba? How Driussi’s Arrival at Zenit Could Mean the End for the Big...
Artyom Dzyuba celebrating a goal against Olympique Lyon in November, 2015. Photo: Вячеслав Евдокимов An unexpected sting in the tail, tension, end to end entertainment and a late goal to secure...
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The Evolution Of Artem Dzyuba
Artem Dzyuba is a footballer who for much of his career divided opinion and often found himself stuck in controversy. After struggling for a long time to prove himself, he heroically rose to the task...
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