Football

“If Pinyaev can play and score, Loko will be able to get out of the danger zone” – Bulykin

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3 years ago

December 26, 2022

Thomas

“If Pinyaev can play and score, Loko will be able to get out of the danger zone” – Bulykin

Dmitry Bulykin / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexei Filippov

Former Lokomotiv striker Dmitry Bulykin believes that with a good game, Krylia Sovetov midfielder Sergey Pinyaev will be able to become one of the leaders of the Moscow club.

The governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov, through social networks, spoke about a telephone conversation with Pinyaev, during which the footballer announced his decision to change the club. Earlier it was reported that the 18-year-old player is close to moving to Lokomotiv.

– If everything works out for him, he will be able to play and score – and Lokomotiv will be able to get out of the danger zone. If all this coincides, then Pinyaev will be able to become one of the leaders of the team and fulfill his dream – to go somewhere to the top European championship. I believe that he will become a leader in the team. We hope he succeeds.

Sometimes something doesn’t work out for the players or it takes time to adapt, but Lokomotiv’s squad is definitely not for this place, all questions are not in the sports field, but in the field of psychology, luck and good luck. Therefore, if they make every effort after the winter break, they will easily leave the danger zone.

In principle, I am pleased that the leadership is now betting on the Russian youth. But I do not want to compare them with the Germans – they came to earn money, and such a system does not work in Russia, – Bulykin told Metaratings.ru.

In the 2022/23 season, Pinyaev played 15 matches for Krylya Sovetov, scored 4 goals and gave two assists.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

Football

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

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1 hour ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Zakharyan missed Real Sociedad training due to flu

Russian midfielder of the Spanish football club Real Sociedad Arsen Zakharyan he missed the team’s first practice after the Christmas break due to the flu. The newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports it.

According to the source, Zakharyan did not train with the main group, but only did exercises in the gym. He notes that the team expects the Russian to return to the full lineup on Tuesday.

Monday’s training session was the first for Real Sociedad players under their new coach. On December 14, the Spaniard was fired from this position Sergio Francescoafter 6 days the team was led by an American Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Zakharyan is 22 years old, he joined Real Sociedad in August 2023 from Dinamo Moscow. This season, the midfielder played 14 matches for the Spanish club in various tournaments, scoring one goal.

Real Sociedad is in 16th place in the Spanish league table. The team has 17 points after 17 rounds. The team will play its first match under Matarazzo’s leadership on January 4 at home against Atlético.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

World Cup

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

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3 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:

“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”

FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”

Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:

“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Source: Sport UA

Kyle

I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.

World Cup

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.

This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.

Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.

This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.