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A Tactical Analysis of CSKA Moscow vs. Manchester United
By Andrew Flint -
With a combined age of 69, CSKA's experienced centre back pairing of Sergey Ignashevich and Vasiliy Berezutskiy should have faced a ...
Football National League – Reforming Russia’s Second Division
By Saul Pope -
Geographically speaking, Russia's second division Football National League (FNL) is the largest in the world. It outsizes the Russian ...
Slutsky’s Pragmatic Approach Guides Russia to Euro 2016
The line stays the same throughout the night: “You know what Leonid Slutsky has done with the Russian national team is a real miracle.” But of course ...
Lokomotiv Moscow – Budget Cuts or Termination?
On the surface everything appears to be great at Lokomotiv Moscow these days. The club sits second in the Russian Football Premier League, five points ...
Anzhi Makhachkala – An Oddity in a Special Environment
It has been such a busy week for Russian football, with Zenit Saint Petersburg and CSKA Moscow involved in the Champions League group stage, and Krasn ...
The Tyumen Football Connection – A Case Study of Lower League Careers in Russia
By Andrew Flint -
In the wake of CSKA Moscow's stunning 6-goal second half comeback against Mordovia Saransk, not to mention the Financial Fair Play ...