Former Zenit football player Andrey Arshavin appreciated the performance of the St. Petersburg team at the group stage of the FONBET Cup of Russia.
Zenit finished third in their group and entered the lower bracket of the playoffs. On February 26, the team will play with Ulyanovsk “Volga”, it became known after the draw, which took place on Saturday.
– Is the new format of the Cup a plus or a minus? Still, more games means more risk of injury.
– I spoke for the group stage – in the situation in which our country is, this was done correctly. But I would not separate the First League from the RPL – on the contrary, in the group I would make two teams from the WORLD RPL and MELBET-First League.
– How would you rate the third place “Zenith”? Probably not what the fans hoped for.
– Of course, we thought that we would calmly leave the first or second place. So let’s find out what the Way of Regions is.
– But now there will be no room for error – and Zenit will no longer relax?
– I don’t understand the formula. I did not know that if you lose in the upper bracket, you can stay. I think Zenit didn’t think about all this. The task of winning the Cup has not been canceled, so Zenit will want to win, but there is no room for error, – Metaratings.ru quotes Arshavin.
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Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelroy On February 1st he will start working for the Dutch national team.
The former striker will be assistant coach Ronald Koeman ON World Cup-2026 and being prepared for the tournament.
Van Nistelrooy previously held a similar position from 2014 to 2016, as well as in 2021. The 49-year-old specialist’s last job was English Leicester, which he coached in 2024-2025.
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Roma’s Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbik According to Il Tempo, he will have to undergo surgery.
It turned out that the injury the 28-year-old striker received in the match against Lecce in the 19th round of the Italian Serie A was more serious than expected. After new tests, Roma and the player decided to undergo surgery to remove the musculotendinous lesion on the left thigh.
Therefore, Dovbik will probably not be able to help the Ukrainian national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The striker is unlikely to recover for the match against the Swedish national team on March 26.
Dovbik was injured in the match between Lecce and Roma in the 19th round of Serie A on January 6. Artem scored in the 71st minute, setting the final score of the match (2:0), and left the field due to injury in the 86th minute.
Artem played 13 matches for Wolves in the Italian Championship this season, scoring 3 goals and making 1 assist.
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Former coach of the Ukrainian national team Jozsef Szabo Meta.ua has exclusively chosen the version of the three best Ukrainian football players of this season for its website.
“In the first row, Ilya Zabarny is almost out of the competition,” Sabo said. – As far as I remember, there has been no regression in the game yet. Yes, the defender had unimpressive tackles, but these were isolated cases. But he’s only 23 years old. The contract with Paris Saint-Germain shows that this football player is currently one of the best in Europe. And do not forget that at that age he played 55 matches for the Ukrainian national team.
I will give second place to Ruslan Malinovsky, who seems to have found a second youth after being injured. This guy’s head is clear, making great passes is not difficult for a midfielder. Largely thanks to Malinovsky’s effective play, the Ukrainian national team managed to qualify for the play-offs in the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament.
The third will be Everton’s left back Vitaly Mikolenko. He is a consistent starter for his team. And no matter what position the team is in, the English league is still the strongest league in Europe. He is an irreplaceable football player in the national team.
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