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Unexpected defeats and a lot of penalties. The teams kicked off the 3rd round of the Europa League

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Unexpected defeats and a lot of penalties.  The teams kicked off the 3rd round of the Europa League

One of the groups does not have a single leader.

The week of the Champions League was remembered primarily for the defeat of Barcelona, ​​the victories of Chelsea over Milan and Brugge over Atlético, the defeat of Ajax against Napoli. But here are some highlights of the Europa League.

“Red Star” dismantled “Ferencvaros”

Stanislav Cherchesov’s departments still dominate the national arena: they are at the top of the standings, ahead of the closest rival by 2 points and have 2 games in hand. However, the last two meetings were not very successful: Ferencvaros lost to Kecskemét, who is in second place in the Hungarian league. And now they have received a defeat from Red Star Zvezda, the last team in Europa League Group H.

The Serbs took the initiative from the very beginning of the match – they owned the ball more often, moving on to the last third. Zvezda used both hips to develop the attack, hit from a distance, made penetrating passes, serves. As a result, the goals turned out to be different. The first is due to a penalty. Mitrovic later scored, knocking out a defender. The third and fourth balls are shots by Aleksandar Katai and Gelor Kang from outside the box.

It is indicative that Ferencvaros also scored their only goal, being under tight control: a touchdown helped.

Despite the defeat, the great Hungarian maintains the leadership in his quartet, an extremely unexpected result. Both Red Star, Trabzonspor and Monaco have more expensive and high quality teams. And Ferencvaros manages to beat both the Turks (3: 2) and the Monegasques (1: 0). The opponents still have enough time to rectify the situation, but a 3-point lead at the equator of the group is a good start.

Roma got burned with Betis

Mourinho wants to win the Conference League again – the Romans take 3rd place in Group C. Eldor Shomurodov again flew past the start and even at the end of the match with Betis he did not appear on the pitch.

It is also possible to justify such a decision: Roma tried to keep the draw. The Italian giant took the lead in the 34th minute, Paulo Dybala scored from the spot. The team likes to win by the smallest margin, but Betis have decided to prevent it: Guido Rodriguez equalized just before the end of the first half.

Jose wanted to refresh the attacking group to get the most out of it: instead of Dybala and Abraham, El Shaarawy and Belotti came out. But very close to the end of the match, Betis took the lead and maintained the lead.

Ludogorets took advantage of the opponent’s misfire: the Bulgarians now have a 1 point advantage and in the next round they have every chance to increase it.

Manchester United victory over Omonia may be missing

The weekend ended very badly for the Mancunians: in the derby with Manchester City the “citizens” dismantled the “Red Devils”. We acted better in attack, we broke the pressure and we had no problem finding a shot. 3: 6 – the strongest blow to “United” pride.

For the match THE ten Hag slightly changes the starting lineup – Dalot comes out in place of Varan, McTominay on the bench, Casemiro comes out from the first minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo is at the forefront.

It’s still Manchester United I had to win back from 0: 1 after the first half – this is when you dominate action with the ball and create chances. The Dutch coach trusted the revived Marcus Rashford and he didn’t let us down. The Englishman dug in on the left wing and equalized in the 53rd minute – he didn’t go offside, so he took advantage of the fact that the opposing defender gave him free space to strike. Marcus also assisted Martial in the moment with the second ball and scored the winner.

He was the star of the night at United: he opened big for long passes, held the ball and made a much bigger contribution to Jadon’s attack. Without him, the English team would have been much less dangerous.

This is confirmed by the words of ten Hag on the decisive role of substitutions:

At half-time I told the players to run more, we were too static. The opponent must be forced to move so that there is an opportunity to open up behind him. So we made two substitutions. And the replacements really made a huge impact today.

Midtjylland recovered 0-2 against Feyenoord

The Danish team is inferior to their opponents in terms of class and selection of players, but shows themselves more solidly. “Wolves” pressed on the opponent, tried to block all transmission lines. In the case of Sebastian Szymanski’s goal, that didn’t help, and a penalty was awarded in the 45th minute.

In the second half the Danes managed to bring the ball into the last third, creating quite dangerous chances. Feyenoord’s slowness in the 54th minute led to Gustav Isaksen being alone in a lethal position. He scored to the touch.

But the hosts’ second goal turned out to be the most beautiful: despite the Dutch having a numerical advantage in the penalty area, Evander managed to give Juninho the lead. He bypassed Hanko on his feet and tied the score.

The courage of the Danes gave us an interesting alignment in group F. None of the teams have an advantage, they all have 4 points after three rounds. The Dutch are ahead only for the best difference between goals scored and conceded. In the 3 remaining games, both the favorite – Lazio, and the outsiders – Midtjylland or Sturm can go out in the lead.

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Gazzaev noted Galitsky’s contribution to the development of Russian football

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President of the Krasnodar football club Sergei Galitsky made a significant contribution to the development of national football and showed an example of effective construction of a private club. This opinion was expressed by the former Moscow coach CSKA and the Russian national team Valeri Gazzaev.

December 29, President of Russia Vladimir Putin awarded Galitsky the Order of Friendship. The head of state noted his merits in the development of physical culture and sports, as well as many years of conscientious work.

“I really appreciate Sergei Galitsky’s contribution to the development of national football. He made a great contribution not only to the history of Krasnodar, but also to Russian football and sport in general. I believe that Sergei Galitsky is an example of how to build a private club. This is the most important thing, because the future of our football, in my opinion, lies in private clubs. Krasnodar has built a modern sports infrastructure, a strong children’s academy and in fact created a model of how a football club should develop, so this is an example for other teams,” Gazzaev said.

“Of course, the award received is deserved. I sincerely congratulate Sergei Nikolaevich, wish him good health, prosperity and further success, new achievements and strength to realize all his planned projects for the benefit of Russian football. He showed what a private football club could and should be. The future of our football lies in private clubs,” he added.

Galitsky is 58 years old. He founded Krasnodar in February 2008. In the 2024/25 season, the club became champions of Russia, winning the first trophy in history. In the current season of the World Cup – Russian Premier League, Krasnodar is in 1st place, gaining 40 points after 18 matches.

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Dyukov plans to meet UEFA President Ceferin in January

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Dyukov plans to meet UEFA President Ceferin in January

President of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) Alexander Diukov in a meeting with the head of the Union of European Football Associations (of UEFA) Alessandro Ceferino in January he wants to discuss his arrival in Russia.

In November 2024, Dyukov announced that he intended to invite Cheferin to the Russian national team match in 2025.

“We will also talk to Alexander Čeferin about his arrival in Russia. A football event is planned in January where we will also have the opportunity to communicate on this topic,” Dyukov said.

In February 2022 of UEFA and the International Football Federation suspended Russian clubs and national teams from participating in international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.

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Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

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Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

football journalist Igor Tsyganyk He told the details of the long-standing transfer story regarding the possible transfer of Vyacheslav Kobin to Dnepr.

According to him, when Dnipro club had to choose between Artem Fedetsky and Vyacheslav Kobin, Kobin was the first choice to strengthen the squad.

Tsyganyk stated that the football player could really be transferred to Dnieper and noted that they made him an offer in the first place. According to the journalist, in the event of such a transfer, Kobin could even play in the 2015 Europa League final, but ultimately the transfer did not take place.

The journalist emphasized that the failure of the transition was not related to financial conditions. According to his information, salaries in Shakhtar and Dnepr were approximately the same. The reasons why the transfer did not take place lie on a different level, but the details of this situation are not reliably known.

According to Tsyganik, Dnepr considered Kobin as a priority option, but the transition was never implemented. Artem Fedetsky played for Dnepr from 2012 to 2016. In the 2014/15 Europa League final, Dnepr lost to the Spanish team Sevilla (2:3).

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