Moscow (AFP) – Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov on Wednesday named an entirely home-based 23-man squad for the Confederations Cup, which the country will host from June 17.
Cherchesov chose five players from newly-crowned champions Spartak Moscow, although full back Roman Zobnin is not amongst them as he is sidelined with a knee injury sustained in Monday’s 3-0 friendly win over Hungary.
Moscow (AFP) – Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov on Wednesday named an entirely home-based 23-man squad for the Confederations Cup, which the country will host from June 17.
Cherchesov chose five players from newly-crowned champions Spartak Moscow, although full back Roman Zobnin is not amongst them as he is sidelined with a knee injury sustained in Monday’s 3-0 friendly win over Hungary.
Moscow (AFP) – Zenit St Petersburg gave their hopes of reaching next season’s Champions League a major boost with a 2-0 win at bottom club Tomsk on Monday.
Midfielder Oleg Shatov and skipper Danny both scored to give Zenit a well-deserved win which lifted them into second, eight points behind the league leaders Spartak Moscow with four games left.
Moscow (AFP) – Zenit St Petersburg gave their hopes of reaching next season’s Champions League a major boost with a 2-0 win at bottom club Tomsk on Monday.
Midfielder Oleg Shatov and skipper Danny both scored to give Zenit a well-deserved win which lifted them into second, eight points behind the league leaders Spartak Moscow with four games left.
Moscow (AFP) Reigning champions CSKA Moscow thrashed Ural Yekaterinburg 4-0 on Saturday to secure third spot in Russia ahead of their trip to Wembley to play Tottenham in midweek.
Zenit St Petersburg's hopes of winning their fifth Russian Premier League title suffered a slight setback though as they were held to a goalless draw at Rostov.
Moscow (AFP) Zenit St Petersburgbounced back from a disappointing defeat in their previous Premier League match at Krasnodar beating Ufa 2-0 on Wednesday to narrow the gap on leaders Spartak Moscow.
The late goals by Brazilian Giuliano and Russian international forward Alexander Kokorin set Saint Petersburg side on their way to a hard-fought win to stay in second, three points adrift of Spartak.
Berlin (AFP) Bayer Leverkusen boss Rudi Voeller admits their qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League, at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, was a welcome tonic before facing Bayern Munich.
Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern, who are no longer top in Germany, are next up at the Allianz Arena on Saturday and Leverkusen will travel to Munich in buoyed spirits.
Berlin (AFP) Bayer Leverkusen boss Rudi Voeller admits their qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League, at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, was a welcome tonic before facing Bayern Munich.
Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern, who are no longer top in Germany, are next up at the Allianz Arena on Saturday and Leverkusen will travel to Munich in buoyed spirits.
Perennial Russian Premier League title contenders PFC CSKA Moscow wore their 2017/18 adidas home kit for the first time during Sunday's 4-0 home win overFC Anzhi Makhachkala. The win saw the thirteen-time Russian champions earn at spot in the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League as they secured a second place league finish.
Moscow (AFP) Leonid Slutsky has resigned as coach of CSKA Moscow after seven hugely successful years and will leave after Wednesday's Champions League match with Tottenham Hotspur, the Russian champions said.
CSKA play the Premier League side at Wembley with both clubs already out of the Champions League but with a Europa League spot up for grabs, while CSKA are third in the Russian Premier League.
Moscow (AFP) Leonid Slutsky has resigned as coach of CSKA Moscow after seven hugely successful years and will leave after Wednesday's Champions League match with Tottenham Hotspur, the Russian champions said.
CSKA play the Premier League side at Wembley with both clubs already out of the Champions League but with a Europa League spot up for grabs, while CSKA are third in the Russian Premier League.
Moscow (AFP) Russian Premier League joint leaders Zenit St Petersburg face a tough game at Terek Grozny on Sunday as they look to maintain their unbeaten run after making progress in the Europa League.
Zenit, the Premier League's only unbeaten side, sit second, level on points with Spartak Moscow, who top the table having won more matches this term.
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Moscow (AFP) Russian Premier League leaders CSKA Moscow hope to bounce back from Monday's 4-1 defeat to Zenit St Petersburg in the domestic cup final when they host Terek Grozny on Saturday.
The Red Army side moved top of the table following a 3-0 win at Ural Yekaterinburg last week but are just two points ahead of second-placed Rostov with reigning champions Zenit in third, two points further back.
Moscow (AFP) Russian Premier League leaders CSKA Moscow hope to bounce back from Monday's 4-1 defeat to Zenit St Petersburg in the domestic cup final when they host Terek Grozny on Saturday.
The Red Army side moved top of the table following a 3-0 win at Ural Yekaterinburg last week but are just two points ahead of second-placed Rostov with reigning champions Zenit in third, two points further back.
Andre Villas Boas' Zenit Cooking On Gas - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Things are hotting up in the Russian Premier League. Quite a skirmish is underway at the top of the table, with just five games left to play. FK Rostov sit top with 48 points, just a point from CSKA Moscow in second.
After a long winter lay-off the Russian Premier League is back with a bang this weekend as leaders CSKA Moscow welcome city rivals Spartak for the nation's most hotly disputed derby.
CSKA top the table with 37 points from 18 matches, three ahead of second-placed Rostov, while another Moscow outfit, Lokomotiv sit, third two points further back.
After a long winter lay-off the Russian Premier League is back with a bang this weekend as leaders CSKA Moscow welcome city rivals Spartak for the nation's most hotly disputed derby.
CSKA top the table with 37 points from 18 matches, three ahead of second-placed Rostov, while another Moscow outfit, Lokomotiv sit, third two points further back.
CSKA vs Manchester United: LVG inspired with the return of match winner - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
CSKA Moscow vs Manchester United
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Date: 21st October 2015
Venue: Arena khimki, Russia
Kickoff: 7:45 pm BST
Live Stream: Click here
Manchester United bounced back from a defeat against PSV in their opening game with an impressive win against Wolfsburg earlier this month and the Premier League giants will be hoping to take charge of the group with a win against CSKA.
Paris (AFP) AFP Sports looks ahead to Wednesday's Champions League action with reigning champions Real Madrid, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and debutants Leicester City all looking to clinch places in the last 16 with two games to spare (kick-offs 1945 GMT):
Group E
At Monaco
Monaco (FRA) v CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Monaco top the group and remain unbeaten, so a win at home to the Russian champions will all but secure their place in the last 16.
Paris (AFP) AFP Sports looks ahead to Wednesday's Champions League action with reigning champions Real Madrid, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and debutants Leicester City all looking to clinch places in the last 16 with two games to spare (kick-offs 1945 GMT):
Group E
At Monaco
Monaco (FRA) v CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Monaco top the group and remain unbeaten, so a win at home to the Russian champions will all but secure their place in the last 16.
Last night, CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev became the proud custodian of a truly astounding Champions League record.
With CSKA leading Monaco by a goal to nil, it looked as though Akinfeev was about to keep aclean sheet in the competition for the first time in almost a decade.
Ladies and gents: CSKA Moscow's Igor Akinfeev closing in on his first Champions League clean sheet in nearly 10 years.
Manchester United 1 CSKA Moscow 0 Manchester United's barren run ended when Rooney got his head on the end of a Lingard cross to finally lift a veil of uncertainty from the Theatre of Dreams....
Manchester United manager explains reason for dropping ex-Chelsea star - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Juan Mata was not included in the starting lineup during Manchester United's clash against CSKA Moscow in the midweek Champions League fixture. The tie ended in a 1-1 draw as the Premier League giants walked away with a point from their trip to Russia.
Speaking as members of the increasingly scant minority of people who actually prefer football without all the diving, conniving, wimpiness, cheating, feigning and deception, all we could do was laugh heartily when CSKA Moscow midfielder Pontus Wernbloom pulled this little beauty out of the bag against Manchester United.
Manchester United not worrying about City match before CL clash - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Louis van Gaal has explained Manchester United's immediate focus will be on Wednesday evening's Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow and not on the weekend's derby clash against their local-rivals Manchester City.
Following Sporting's disappointing elimination from the Champions League at the hands of CSKA Moscow, the draw for the Europa League was held last Friday to determine the groups for the group phase. The path to St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland looks like it'll be a rocky road after Sporting was drawn into a group with Besiktas (Turkey), Spartak Moscow (Russia), and Skenderdeu (Albania).
Manchester United can count themselves moderately satisfied after been drawn with PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg in Group B of the 2015-16 Champions League.
After beating Club Brugge 7-1 on aggregate, the Reds made their return to the group stage after a season-long absence.
Memphis Depay returns to face his former club after leaving the Dutch giants earlier this summer, although it is not the first time United and PSV are pitted against each other in the competition, as they met in the first group stage of the 2000-01 Champions League, with United winning 3-1 at Old Trafford and losing by the same scoreline in Holland.
Manchester United will face one betweenCSKA Moscow, Lazio, Club Brugge, Monaco or Rapid Vienna in a two-legged tie Champions League playoff.
The complicated format of the Champions League means United enter the competition at the final playoff stage,which is split between the "champions" route for teams who have won their national title and "league" route, for those who haven't.
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The draw for United's qualifying games for the Champions League takes place at 11am today, withClub Brugge, CSKA Moscow, Lazio, Monaco or Rapid Vienna the possible opponents.
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Newcastle have been reported today by Sky Italia to have put in a bidfor 28 year-old Roma striker Seydou Doumbia who we have been linked with many times in the past going back to the summer of 2013 when he was still at CSKA Moscow. He is currently back on loan at his former club [...]
United handed injury boost for Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Manchester United have handed a massive injury boost for the midweek Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow after Louis van Gaal confirmed defender Phil Jones is in contention to face the Russian side.
CSKA Moscow 1 Manchester United 1 United returned to the city of their famous 2008 Champions League triumph looking to obtain a first away win in their group this season. However, all they managed to...
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As was foretold in the prophecy, Hull City have entrustedLeonid Slutsky with the job of getting them promoted back up into the Premier League at the first attempt.
The former CSKA Moscow and Russia coach has been officially sworn in at the KCOM Stadium today on a three-year contract, thus becoming the very first Russian coach to take charge of an English club.
