Team Focus: Typically Inconsistent Spartak Struggling at Either End
by Domm Norris
at Thursday, Oct 30 2014 13:47
For the past decade, since their last league victory in 2001, Spartak Moscow are a club who have been bedevilled by inconsistency. The club’s recruitment of players and coaches has been decidedly sketchy since their legendary coach Oleg Romantsev, the man who won 8 league titles while at Spart...
Player Focus: Homegrown Forwards Rightly Making Headlines in Russia
by Domm Norris
at Wednesday, Aug 13 2014 15:19
The recent World Cup in Brazil is being viewed as something of a tipping point for Russian football - as the old guard, who have been so prominent since Euro 2008, are faded out to be replaced by younger, fresher talent in anticipation for when the tournament is held on native soil in 2018. National...