Former CSKA football player Valery Masalitin said that the main problem of the Moscow club is injuries to defenders.
After nine rounds in the Russian Championship, CSKA is in ninth place in the standings with 13 points. The last time the “red-blues” won the MIR RPL was on August 13, when they beat Sochi – 3:1.
— Before the start of the season, did you think that the team would show the best result?
– Of course, I expected better. The end of the previous season was encouraging. Then the team found its game, and the result appeared.
— Do you have hope that everything will improve?
— To be honest, there are no improvements yet. Nine rounds have passed, and the game in the same defense has not become clearer. Before the season, the main three defenders were Diveev, Moises and Rocha, but disaster struck and the leading defensive players disappeared. It is clear that the defense, unfortunately, has undergone changes that have not benefited the club.
— So the main scourge of CSKA now is injuries to defensive players?
– Naturally. Only Medina, who was not the main one, left the team. Who did CSKA play with in the Russian Cup final? With Krasnodar. Where are the bulls now? At the first place. Why is CSKA in ninth place? There was little time to prepare, but Krasnodar was able to prepare, but CSKA was not,” Euro-Futbol.Ru quotes Masalitin as saying.
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Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic has announced that he will retire from football at the age of 35. In an interview with Tuttosport, the player said that he wants to spend more time with his family.
The Bosnian, who played a total of 666 official matches during his career, scored 77 goals and provided 132 assists. Pjanic, whose career has included clubs such as Barcelona and Juventus, has won a total of 9 trophies.
Pjanich’s last team was Moscow CSKA.
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English club Liverpool have announced the end of their collaboration with the set-piece coach Aaron Briggs. It should be noted that the specialist was fired because the club was dissatisfied with the team’s behavior in standard situations this season.
He notes that work on standards will now be distributed among the remaining members of the technical staff.
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The Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region proposed to conclude a peace agreement between FC “Rostov” and the Department of Property and Land Relations of the city of Rostov-on-Don in the request to recover from the football club almost 465 million rubles of debt under a land lease agreement, the court file shows.
“The court decided to grant the defendant’s motion. To reconcile the parties, the trial was postponed to January 14, 2026 at 10:40 Moscow time. It invites the parties to take measures for peace,” reads the minutes of the court hearing.
According to the case documents, in June 2025, the department appealed to the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region to recover FC “Rostov” has more than 348 million rubles of debt under the land lease agreement, as well as 127 million rubles in penalties.
In October 2025 a FC “Rostov” reported financial problems to the club, according to the general director of the club Igor Goncharov, RFU they asked management and owners FC “Rostov” promptly take measures to eliminate problems in order to obtain the license for the new season.
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