Many have started the season well.

In the new season there are even more Russians at the European championships. We look at the updated geography and tell you how things are going for the most illustrious legionnaires.

Daler Kuzyaev

At the second attempt, the midfielder still managed to realize his dream: the last time his contract with Zenit expired, he had to return. This time, as a free agent, Daler went looking for a team in France. As a result, he agreed a contract with Le Havre and adapted very quickly to the Ligue 1 newcomer.

Now Kuzyaev is one of the leaders of the team, and the coach (and not only) openly admires the abilities of his ward. From statistics – Le Havre, according to the results of 8 rounds, is in 13th place with 9 points in its asset, and Daler himself managed to score 2 goals and ranks 4th in the team by the number of key passes per game (1 ), 3rd – for the number of shots on target per game (1.1).

Alexander Golovin

5 years flew by in a flash: Golovin can no longer be called a newcomer, he is an experienced player from Monaco’s starting team, who managed to play with different coaches and tried on different roles. At first he played in the profile role, then was moved to the wing, where the midfielder gave his two best seasons.

Under the guidance of Adolf Hütter, Alexander plays in the inside position and regularly appears in the starting lineup. In 7 games – 2 goals and 1 assist. The Monegasques themselves have entered the new season with confidence and are at the top of the table with 17 points, 1 point behind Nice, who are in 2nd place.

There are only concerns about the Russian’s injury rate: in the last championship, for the second time in his career in France, he played more than 30 Ligue 1 matches. And now, during the break, it became known that the midfielder he had an injury.

Alexey Miranchuk

Golovin went to Munich at the age of 22: he adapted to new demands and is now considered one of the leaders. And Alexey is not doing well with Atalanta. He already started as an established player: when you are 25 it is much more difficult to progress. Plus I was unlucky with the coach.

For Gian Piero Gasperini, the Russian midfielder remained a deep reserve player – and the loan to Turin changed nothing. It was worth hoping that the Turin team wanted to redeem Alexey, mentor Ivan Yurich also asked for this.

After returning, Miranchuk again missed a few games while recovering from an injury. He only managed to take the field in two championship matches. He didn’t even play 20 minutes against Fiorentina or Verona.

Arsen Zakharyan

It’s too early to say anything about Arsene: after signing, Imanol Alguacil will gradually allow the midfielder to play for Sociedad. The midfielder eventually appeared against Las Palmas, Granada and Real Madrid, but remained in reserve for the Champions League matches. Then the coronavirus intervened: Arsen had to miss other matches. But in the recent match against Atlético Madrid, the midfielder remained on the pitch for 25 minutes.

Now the biggest concern is Zakharyan’s readiness to withstand the team’s higher speeds. The Basques play extremely intense football, so much so that even Inter is drowning under their pressure. And the team is committed to maintaining this pace throughout the match.

Denis Cheryshev

The aging midfielder delayed the inevitable until the last minute, but finally left Spain last summer. Despite Russia’s interest, I decided to postpone returning to my homeland and chose the option with a Serie B club.

By the way, it’s not bad: “Venezia” recently rose to the elite division of the Italian championship and last year began a new ascent. The previous season ended in 8th place, in the new season the team is in 4th place after 9 rounds. The Russian himself, under Paolo Vanoli, is content with the reserve role. And in 4 games played he did not show effective actions.

Magomed Ozdoev

After the departure of Andrea Pirlo, Fatih Karagumryuk’s club decided to part with Magomed Ozdoev, although the thirty-year-old midfielder spent the last season confidently. Even more surprising is that Greek PAOK bought the player for just 450 thousand euros.

In the new team, Magomed’s functionality has changed slightly: he is now placed more often in the support zone. Over the course of 7 matches, the older footballer did not show any effective action – and in the last matches he began to appear on the field as a substitute. This may be a prerequisite for decline, but Ozdoev has time to change the situation.

Alexander Kokorin

At one point there were even rumors that Vincenzo Italiano might leave the Russian striker to Fiorentina. His purchase has long been recognized as a failure; last season’s results for Aris were not taken seriously. And in the summer they began to say that Alexander impressed the Violets coach during training.

And for a second I managed to believe it: the scandalous footballer returned to the national team squad, was in the reserves, and in the Conference League match against Rapid he even entered the field (in the 87th minute – instead of Bonaventura).

True, after that he returned to Cyprus, one might say, for a promotion (plays “Aris”. THE). True, the new campaign is faring much worse. In 6 games, only 1 goal – this is not what is expected from a striker of the team. The Russian then begins the final matches in reserve. On the other hand, what else was worth waiting for? Has Kokorin ever maintained a consistently high level and not just played in bursts until he got tired? Now something is happening that we should have gotten used to a long time ago.