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Russian Football Now Podcast #26 : Europa League Review, Hiddink to Turkey / Kryliya Stay Flying, Champions League Preview

On the latest edition of Russian Football Now, your hosts Andrew Skomra and Chris Riordan take you through the latest stories in the Russian football world.  For starters, Rubin’s 3 – 0 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv is broken down. 

Then in the second segment, your hosts say goodbye to Guus Hiddink as manager of the [...]

Russian Football Now Podcast #25 : Euro Draw, Kryliya Sovetov / FK Moskva Collapse, Europa League Preview

On this episode of Russian Football N0w, the show returns from nearly a month’s hiatus and is back with a passion.  Chris Riordan welcomes his new co – host, chief site writer, Andrew Skomra on board and the two had a lot to discuss after being away for some time. 

The hosts start with Russian National [...]

A Brief Lull in Action, Taking Stock of Russia, Slovenia

While both Russia and Slovenia take some time to lick their proverbial wounds, (for Russia seeing how Zhirkov’s knees feel day to day especially) let’s take a step back and take stock of what has happened so far.  Russia, clearly the more talented team, hold a small 2 – 1 edge over the perhaps underrated Slovenia [...]

Hiddink with Concerns over Bystrov, Dzagoev

Roman Pavlyuchenko gives Dmitri Torbinski some brotherly love during the Russian national team's training session on Monday.

Amidst preparation for the crucial second leg of the World Cup qualification playoff against Slovenia on Wednesday, Guus Hiddink gave his thoughts on some of his squad’s players.

RECAP: Russia v. Slovenia: A Bittersweat Victory

Russia wins 2-1 over Slovenia on Saturday in Moskva

80,000 fans packed Luzhniki only to walk away nonplussed.

While the Russia National Team was able to win the first leg of their qualifying playoff against Slovenia 2-1 in Moskva, Guus Hiddink’s squad will feel they could have done better.

Russia dominated possession in the early minutes, but [...]