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Former CSKA player Jesus: “Zhirkov is incredibly brave, very good!”

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Former CSKA player Jesus: “Zhirkov is incredibly brave, very good!”

Former CSKA Moscow footballer Ricardo Jesus told Sport24 that he remembers the ex-army midfielder Yuri Zhirkov as a brave football player.

Jesus played for CSKA and Spartak Nalchik in 2008-2013. Zhirkov played for CSKA from 2004 to 2009.

Do you remember Zhirkov?

– Is this the guy who played at Chelsea later? Very good! Incredibly brave, he ran to beat the opponent even in a situation where everyone thought that he would give a pass, ”Jesus said.

In February, 39-year-old Zhirkov retired from football. Zhirkov is a five-time champion of Russia, a six-time winner of the Cup and Super Cup of the country, winner of the championship, Cup and Super Cup of England, winner of the UEFA Cup. With the national team, he became the bronze medalist of Euro 2008. The footballer played for CSKA, Khimki, Dynamo Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Zenit St. Petersburg and Chelsea London.

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Ronaldo has won a lawsuit against Juventus for non-payment of salary

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Ronaldo has won a lawsuit against Juventus for non-payment of salary

The Turin court rejected Juventus’ appeal against an arbitration decision that forced the club to pay 9.7 million euros to Portuguese striker Al-Nasr from Saudi Arabia to the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports it.

In 2024, the arbitration court sentenced Juventus to pay Ronaldo 9.7 million euros, which the player was initially supposed to receive as severance pay after moving to England’s Manchester United. After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Juventus agreed with Ronaldo to postpone the payment of his salary in the amount of 19.6 million euros. A further agreement was concluded on bonuses for this amount until 31 July 2021, which were never paid, after which the Portuguese sued the club.

The majority of the Juventus board of directors, including the president, will meet on 29 November 2022 Andrea Agnelli and vice president Paolo Nedvedhe decided to resign. On 1 December 2022, the Turin Prosecutor’s Office prepared a subpoena to commit Agnelli to trial; he and other executives were suspected of violations in Juventus’ financial management. In particular, the investigation involved the provision of incorrect financial data, fraud, and inflated purchase amounts for players. The Juventus management was accused of disseminating false information on the club’s financial situation, of market manipulation, of providing false economic declarations for non-existent transactions and of creating obstacles to audit control.

Ronaldo is 40 years old and played for Juventus from 2018 to 2021, making 134 appearances for the club, scoring 101 goals and providing 28 assists. As part of Juventus, the Portuguese became Italian champion twice (2018/19, 2019/20), won the Super Cup twice and the Cup once.

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Akron coach Tedeev wants to strengthen the offensive line

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Akron head coach Zaur Tedeev reported that his club is looking for reinforcements in the attack line.

Togliatti team after 18 rounds RPL they occupy ninth place in the rankings.

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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Real Sociedad would be happy to see Karpin as the team’s head coach

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The Spanish football club Real Sociedad will be happy if the coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin he will lead the team in the future. This was reported by the club’s press service.

Previously, Karpin admitted that he could lead Spain’s Real Sociedad or Celta in the future.

“It would be a pleasure for us to accept club legend Valery Karpin as coach,” the press service said.

During his coaching career, Karpin led Moscow Spartak, Spanish Mallorca, Armavir Torpedo, Rostov and the capital’s Dinamo. He has been in charge of the Russian national team since 2021. Karpin’s agreement with the national team is valid until July 2028.

As a player, Karpin played for Celta from 1997 to 2002, playing 218 matches for the club, in which he scored 39 goals and provided 16 assists. As part of the team, Karpin won the Intertoto Cup (2000). The Russian then moved to Real Sociedad, with whom he played 194 games from 2002 to 2005, scoring 37 goals and providing 9 assists.

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