Denis Cheryshev and Artem Dziuba / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov
The idols of Russian fans will help Torpedo not to fly out?
Moscow “Torpedo” for the winter break in the championship of Russia was in a difficult position. The last line in the standings and seven points behind the zone of transitional matches did not allow fans of the team to look to the future with great optimism. It seemed that only a miracle could help Andrey Talalaev’s team in a difficult situation.
Whether it will be possible to create the impossible is not yet clear. However, it is already becoming clear who, according to the idea of u200bu200bthe leadership of the car factory, will have to work wonders on the field. Apparently, a powerful company of yesterday’s heroes is gathering at Luzhniki.
Will the stars of the World Cup be able to pull Torpedo out of the crisis?
Torpedo Moscow did not play well in the first part of the 2022/23 season in the Russian Football Championship. After 17 rounds, the team has only one victory, six points and seven goals scored with 30 missed. No one has demonstrated the worst performance in the Premier League, which means that steps to strengthen the attack become vital.
To eliminate problems with performance, it would be possible to look for goalscoring players among legionnaires, hoping that there would be no problems with adaptation. As an alternative, give a chance to hungry for big victories strikers who have already proven themselves in the lower divisions of Russian football. It seems that Torpedo chose the third option and are going to bet on yesterday’s heroes.
Among the transitions that have taken place, one can already note the signing of 32-year-old winger Ilya Kukharchuk, who won the Russian championship in 2009 as part of Rubin. The main goal of the transfer period is another former champion.
The rumor about the transition of the former captain of the Russian national team Artyom Dzyuba to the capital team has not yet been converted into an official deal. But, judging by indirect signs, the parties are close to signing the agreement. The striker does not seem to have an excess of options in the RPL and abroad. And if there is a chance to continue a career at a high level, then why not take advantage of it? Information has already appeared in the media about the readiness of the 34-year-old striker to take a pay cut. “Torpedo” also in the current situation can hardly turn up his nose, having a real opportunity to sign the best scorer of the national team.
The first half of the season, which Artyom spent in Turkey, turned out to be blurry for the forward. Twice the winner of the scorer races in the RPL, in new conditions for himself, managed to score only one goal. However, among the existing players, Torpedo has not yet scored more than one goal in this Premier League draw. There is a chance that in the much more familiar conditions of Russian football, Dzyuba will be able to revive both his goalscoring talent and the attack of the new team.
Not only Dzyuba, if we talk about yesterday’s heroes, can strengthen the composition of the “black and white”. According to Sport24, Denis Cheryshev, the top scorer of the national team at the 2018 World Cup, is considered among the possible newcomers. The Venezia player is injury prone and signing him is always a risk for any team. But he still differs scoring flair and can make the result. This season in Serie B, without having an excess of playing practice, the 32-year-old winger still found an opportunity to score three goals.
The simultaneous appearance of Dzyuba and Cheryshev in the “Torpedo” in certain scenarios can turn an outsider’s attack into a formidable force. This couple at the home World Cup jointly built goals against Saudi Arabia and Croatia. And in general, these footballers together scored seven goals of the team out of 11 in the tournament.
Another hero of the Russian national team from the team of Stanislav Cherchesov is already in Torpedo. True, we are talking about a defensive player. Ilya Kutepov at the home world championship worked great together with Sergei Ignashevich, and even once noted in the attack: he assisted Dziuba in the game against Egypt.
At first glance, it may seem that a bet on decommissioned older players who do not have worthy alternative offers is obviously losing. But do not forget that the former leaders of the team are still full of ambition and desire to prove their worth, at least in the struggle for survival.
Considering that the Moscow club still does not have the opportunity to scatter money, the chosen strategy may be the only right one in a crisis situation. There is a chance that at Luzhniki, at a stadium that is strongly associated with the success of the national team at the 2018 World Cup, the heroes of the home World Cup will help create a miracle.
Source: Sportbox
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Tedeev said:
The sporting part acts as much as possible, doing everything that depends on them. Our desires do not always coincide with our abilities. But we hope to gain something and find a player who strengthens our attacking game. The team has a face. We just have to move forward, think only about victories.
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Forward of the Senegalese national team Sadio Mane recognized as the best player of the Africa Cup of Nations which concluded on Sunday.
The Senegalese team defeated Morocco 1:0 in the final. At the end of regular time, the Senegalese, dissatisfied with the penalty awarded to them, left the field, but soon it was Mane who brought the team back and the match continued. Morocco missed the penalty and the match went to extra time, where Teranga’s Lions won.
In total, Mane played 7 matches at the tournament, scored 2 goals and made 3 assists.
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This summer, the 23rd FIFA World Cup finals will take place in the USA, Canada and Mexico. All professional football players, without exception, dream of playing in this tournament, from stars such as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to players whose names are not well known to the public (perhaps only for now).
However, some star and very famous football players are at risk of missing the next World Cup. The reason for this is health problems…
Age: 23 years old
Citizenship: Croatia
Club: Manchester City
Joschko Guardiol, the key defender of Manchester City, who has been playing for the “citizens” since the summer of 2023, suffered a serious injury recently – in the match against Chelsea in early January 2026, which ended with a score of 1: 1. As a result of the medical examination, a fracture was detected in the fibula bone of Guardiola’s right leg. Manchester City doctors immediately announced to the technical staff and club management that they could no longer trust the Croatian player at the end of this season. Yoshko’s estimated recovery time is approximately four months. However, this is the most favorable prognosis as recovery may take five or six months.
Theoretically, if Guardiol returns from hospital towards the end of May, he will have the chance to be included in the Croatian national team at the 2026 World Cup. Of course, the centre-back will have to go abroad without training and far from the best conditions, but… Without Josko, the Croatian national team will definitely lose a lot, because by the age of 23 Guardiola had already made 46 appearances and scored 4 goals for the “checkers”.
Age: 30 years old
Citizenship: Japan
Club: Monaco
Takumi Minamino may not be a world football star, but he can certainly have such status in his native Japan. In the past, the winger had a two-and-a-half-year contract at Liverpool, but Takumi never managed to become a key figure for the Reds. As a result, Minamino has been playing in France since the summer of 2022 for Monaco, which paid a large sum of 15 million euros to the British for his transfer.
In Monaco, Minamino is constantly a key player, but on December 21 last year, in the 5th round match of the French Cup against Auxerre (2:1), the Japanese midfielder was injured, and then doctors determined that it was a rupture of the cruciate ligament in the knee. The normal recovery time in such cases is 6-9 months, effectively ending Takumi’s hopes of playing in the 2026 World Cup. It will be a real miracle if the midfielder, who played 73 times for Japan and helped the Blue Samurai defeat Brazil 3-2 in a friendly match in October, continues to take part in the tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Age: 26 years old
Citizenship: Ghana
Club: Monaco
Mohammed Salisu, Minamino’s teammate and one of the strongest players in the current Ghana national team, also risks not being able to play in the 2026 World Cup. The former football player from Southampton, for whom Monaco paid 15 million euros in August 2023, was injured in early January this year and it is very possible that he will not be able to go to the USA, Canada and Mexico as a player for the national team.
Doctors diagnosed Salisu with a cruciate ligament tear in his knee. In theory, this could mean that Muhammad will miss slightly less than he would with a rupture… But in the near future, Salis will need to undergo several additional examinations that will help determine the severity of his injury and what treatment would be more appropriate to choose. And there is a risk here that further examination will reveal that the African has more serious injuries than currently expected. Then he will definitely not be able to play in the 2026 World Cup, but so far doctors have not specified a specific time frame for recovery. It is clear that we are talking about months, not days or weeks…
Age: 29 years old
Citizenship: Denmark
Club: barcelona
The Danish national team has not yet qualified for the 2026 World Cup. In March, this team will first have to play against North Macedonia and, if successful, in the play-offs against the winner of the Czech Republic-Ireland double. However, the Danes are seen as the favorites by many, but they will definitely have to earn a ticket to the tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico without key defender Andreas Christensen.
The 29-year-old Barcelona defender, who lost his role as an important figure in the Blaugranas in recent years largely due to frequent health problems, suffered a partial rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at the end of December last year and preferred a conservative treatment method. This in theory leaves Denmark with a better chance of continuing to play at the 2026 World Cup in the summer if they manage to qualify.
Age: 27 years old
Citizenship: Brazil
Club: Real
On December 8, 2025, it was learned that Eder Militao, the defender of Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team, was injured. It was related to a muscle tear in his left thigh, which resulted in doctors deciding it would take around four months for the Brazilian player to fully recover. In fact, we should see Militao on the football fields at the beginning of April, two months before the start of the 2026 World Cup.
It would seem, what is the risk of Eder missing the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico? The problem is that Militao has literally become “glass” in recent years. It haunts injury after injury. Muscle injuries and cruciate ligament problems in the knee have almost become a “chronic” for the Brazilian defender; Therefore, no one has confidence in Militao’s real playing conditions and abilities to go to North America in the summer. It is worth noting that Eder played four matches for the Selecao in the 2022 World Cup; two in the group stage, 1/8 against South Korea in the final (4:1) and 1/4 against Croatia in the final (1:1, 2:4 – on penalties).
Age: 26 years old
Citizenship: Holland
Club: Bournemouth
Bournemouth and Netherlands midfielder Justin Kluivert, the son of legendary former Orange forward Patrick Kluivert, may also join the sadness of those who will miss the final part of the 2026 World Cup due to health problems. Justin had surgery on his problematic knee on January 4 and now doctors will try to get him back on his feet as soon as possible so that Kluivert can continue to be useful to both Bournemouth and the Dutch national team.
Predictions so far are that Justin will return by April. This will allow the football player to realize his dream and play in the World Cup, especially since Justin took part in six matches and made one assist. But you can think as far ahead as you want and, more importantly, how Kluivert’s recovery process will actually progress after he missed a total of two calendar months last year due to various injuries and health problems…
Age: 22 years old
Citizenship: England
Club: Chelsea
Young defender Levi Colwill was seen by many observers as one of the key figures in the process of rejuvenating the England national team squad. Colwill made his debut in the “three lions” camp in October 2023 and was expected to go to the 2026 World Cup as he was the best player for his hometown Chelsea last year and is currently valued at up to 50 million euros on the Transfermarkt portal, but…
In August 2025, Levi tore his “crucifixes”, so he was away from football for a long time. Latest predictions suggest Colwill’s recovery is expected in late May or early June, making it extremely unlikely that this will contribute to the Chelsea center being recalled to the England squad for the 2026 World Cup. In the end, Thomas Tuchel in the USA, Canada and Mexico will need the most prepared football players who can finally seriously compete for the championship and are not limited to elimination at an early stage or a brave fight almost to the end, but without winning the cup. We would like to remind you that Football England was waiting for its second championship because it won its first and first in the 1966 World Cup.
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