Alexander Bukharov / Photo: © FC Zenit
Former Russian national team striker Alexander Bukharov told in an interview with Match TV how he encountered depression during his performance at Zenit.
Between 2010 and 2014, Bukharov played 81 matches for Zenit and scored 17 goals. Together with the St. Petersburg club, he became the champion of Russia twice and won the Russian Super Cup once.
— You said that you yourself are to blame for all the problems at Zenit. If you analyze it now, what exactly didn’t work out?
— Specifically, I lost the competition to Kerzhakov. That’s the whole point. Before that, I won the competition against Adamov and Milosevic, but here I lost. Zenit was a very strong team, I think. He had a great selection of players. In Spalletti’s scheme there was one striker, there was no place for me.
— Did the depression and all the ensuing consequences arise precisely because of the lost competition?
– Well, of course. When you don’t play, you don’t feel like part of the team. Even these championships at Zenit are not as valuable as at Rubin. In Kazan, I felt that I had put a lot of effort into gold: I scored 16 goals, which means I deserve to receive this medal. In St. Petersburg, I still scored as a substitute, but I was not a solid starting player. Therefore, two feelings arose.
— How did you deal with feelings of depression?
– I didn’t fight. I was probably more offended by everything simply. The position of the child – you bought me, you must now put me in the squad. But people have a completely different opinion – they bought me so that there would be competition. For me it didn’t fit in my head: “Well, how? Since they paid so much money for me, they should put me in charge and I can do nothing at all. “Okay, then I’ll train at half strength.”
I started to push myself to the point where I was overweight, I didn’t get enough sleep before training… Some situations arose related to alcohol. The same incident with a drunken brawl in Pulkovo is not an isolated incident, Bukharov told Match TV.
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Pisa and Juventus met in the Italian Serie A match. The match ended with the score 0:2.
They scored for the guests Calabrians (73′, own goal), Yildiz (90+2′).
According to the results of the match, Pisa has 11 points, the guests 32 points.
In the next match Pisa will play on January 3, 2026, the opponent will be Genoa. Juventus will play their next match on 3 January 2026 (the opponent is Lecce).
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The scorer of the brace against Chelsea is an Aston Villa player. Ollie Watkins appointed head coach of the team Unai Emery tactical genius. Watkins’ comment is quoted by the BBC in reference to Sky Sports.
The meeting of the 18th round of the English championship between Aston Villa and Chelsea from London ended with a strong victory for the Birmingham team with a score of 2:1.
“He changed tactics because Chelsea played man-marking, but he had an extra central defender when we played long balls. When I came on in the second half, he put Jadon Sancho and Morgan Rodgers on the wing and put Youri Tielemans in the No. 10 position, so we had an extra player. He’s a tactical genius,” Watkins said.
“Amazing victory. For me personally, to go on the pitch and score two goals is a fantastic feeling, but to continue that streak and come here to such a difficult place and beat Chelsea is just incredible,” he added.
Aston Villa, under the leadership of former Spartak Moscow coach Emery, won 11 in a row. The team won 8 matches in the English championship and 3 in the Europa League.
In the English championship standings Aston Villa is in 3rd place with 39 points. In the next round, the Birmingham team will play away against Arsenal, leaders of the Premier League (42 points).
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The English football club Aston Villa won 11 consecutive victories for the first time since 1914 and repeated the club record for this indicator.
On Saturday, in the away match of the 18th round of the English championship, the Birmingham team beat London’s Chelsea (2:1).
The last time Aston Villa won 11 matches in a row was in 1914. This happened previously in 1897.
Aston Villa under the leadership of former Spartak Moscow coach Unai Emery he achieved 8 victories in the English championship and 3 in the Europa League.
In the English championship standings Aston Villa is in 3rd place with 39 points. In the next round, the Birmingham team will play away against Arsenal, leaders of the Premier League (42 points).
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