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Zenit should beat Volga in any condition, Melnikov believes

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Zenit should beat Volga in any condition, Melnikov believes

The first coach of Zenit in Russian history, Vyacheslav Melnikov, believes that moving from a training camp in the Middle East and acclimatization will not prevent the Blue-White-Blues from defeating Volga in the FONBET Russian Cup match, which will be held in Ulyanovsk.

The Petersburgers began preparations for the second part of the season in Qatar in mid-January, from there they went to the United Arab Emirates, and on Thursday they moved to Iran, where they will play a friendly match with the local club Sepahan, after which they will return home.

The game with “Sepahan” will be held on Friday and will start at 15:00 Moscow time, “Match TV” will show the meeting live.

– Of course, it is unusual that football players have been preparing abroad for so long now. But in Russia, the conditions for training in the winter have not been created. It will not be easy for the body to adjust. After all, the weather in Ulyanovsk is cold now – there can be “minus 10” on the day of the match. And in the Emirates – under the “fortieth” heat, everyone goes in shorts and T-shirts. But still there will be teams of different levels. In whatever line-up Zenit comes out, with or without disqualified players, it must beat Volga. This team is an outsider of the First League.

And in general, it’s time for Zenit to take the cup, which in recent years somehow jumped out of hand. It is clear that earlier European cups were a priority – preparations were built for them, and such a tournament as the Russian Cup could be donated. But now there is no Champions League. And it doesn’t look like she’s coming back anytime soon. So Zenit must win all the tournaments in which it participates, RB Sport quoted Melnikov as saying.

The match between Volga and Zenit will take place on February 25, starting at 14:30 Moscow time.

Broadcasts of FONBET matches of the Cup of Russia can be watched on the Match TV federal channel, as well as on the thematic channels of the holding and on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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Krylia Sovetov paid RT-Capital 535 million rubles

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Krylia Sovetov paid RT-Capital 535 million rubles

Samara football club “Wings of the Soviets” paid 535 million rubles to Rostec subsidiary “RT-Capital”. This was reported by the club’s press service.

Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Krylya Sovetov Dmitry Yakovlev told reporters that the club plans to repay the debt of 555 million rubles by the end of 2025. He added that it is planned to fully close the debt with RT-Capital by the end of January – beginning of February.

On December 1, enforcement proceedings were initiated to collect a debt of more than 928 million rubles from Krylya Sovetov in favor of RT-Capital. Previously, the decision to collect the debt was made by the Moscow Arbitration Court, then the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal confirmed this decision. The football club has borrowed funds for financial support, but has not met its debt repayment obligations since 2016.

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Changes to the offside rule in football will be considered on January 20 – daily

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Changes to the offside rule in football will be considered on January 20 – daily

International Football Federation Council (IFAB) will evaluate the possibility of changing the rules to determine offside on January 20, 2026. This was reported by the Spanish newspaper AS.

This is noticeable IFAB will discuss the topic of changing the offside rules at a meeting in London. It is expected that, if adopted, the rules will apply from the 2026/27 season.

Currently, offside is detected when any part of an attacker’s body that can score a goal is closer to the opponent’s goal at the time of the pass than the second-to-last defender, including the goalkeeper. Previously former manager of London Arsenal Arsène Wengerresponsible for global football development at the International Football Federation, proposed the following change: if any part of the body with which a goal can be scored is located above or behind the line of the penultimate defender, then the player is not offside.

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Ivlev said that Dinamo is ready to change the limit for foreign players

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Ivlev said that Dinamo is ready to change the limit for foreign players

Dynamo Moscow is ready to change the limit for foreign players in the Russian football championship. The president of the Dynamo board of directors said this in an interview. Alexander Ivlev.

Ministry of Sports RF proposes to tighten the limit for foreign players by 2028 according to the “10 foreign players in the application, 5 in the field” scheme.

“I can say that Dynamo is ready for these changes. We have wonderful young people who have grown up in the club. And a good core of players at the level of the Russian national team. I think most teams RPL (Mir – Russian Premier League – known source) will be ready for this too. We hope that this will have a positive effect on the quality of play of Russian players,” Ivlev said.

“I believe that foreign footballers have already become part of the ecosystem of Russian football. Those sparks of Latin American and African football that we see performed by the masters in our league, of course, give an additional effect in terms of beauty of football, artistry and all this is also passed on to our players. Therefore, we absolutely cannot refuse these opportunities,” Ivlev added.

According to the current limit, clubs RPL can include 13 foreign players in the application and release 8 foreign players on the pitch. In September, the Russian Football Federation said the current limit allowed young players’ playing time to be increased to 18% for the first time.

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