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Booth: “The selection of players and financial capabilities indicate that Zenit is the main contender for the championship”

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Booth: “The selection of players and financial capabilities indicate that Zenit is the main contender for the championship”

Former Borussia midfielder and now Chernomorets sports director Vladimir But said in an interview with Match TV that Zenit should become the WORLD RPL champion in the 2025/26 season.

After 18 rounds, Zenit is in second place in the RPL standings, gaining 39 points. The gap from the leading Krasnodar is 1 point. Zenit will play against Baltika Kaliningrad in the first match after the resumption of the season on February 27.

— Your forecast for the rest of the season: who will become the champion, and who from the leading group will experience a decline?

– It’s a difficult question. I can’t say that Andrei Talalaev and his “Baltika” are in for a recession, and then he will call and say: “Vova, are you really at all? What recession are you talking about? (laughs). Now there is a long pause, friendly matches, no one knows how this or that team will perform after training camp. In Spartak, the situation is generally incomprehensible, it seems that players of a good level have been selected, but something is not working out, it is not going well for them.

Zenit should still become the champion this year. The selection of players and financial capabilities indicate that the club from St. Petersburg is the main contender for the championship. I think everyone thinks so. Yes, there were small failures in the games, there was a little instability, but still.

— Are Talalaev’s Baltika results surprising?

– No. I know Andrey well, my brother Vitaly played with him and is still friends with him. I already saw this Baltika that year in the First League. The team has finances. Of course, not such that you can afford purchases like Zenit and Spartak, but still. They won the best league in the world, and their roster hasn’t changed much. And the fact that the team scores a lot, shows attacking football, and is among the leaders of the RPL immediately after promotion is a great merit of Talalaev,” Booth told Match TV.

Watch live broadcasts of RPL matches on the Match TV and MATCH PREMIER TV channels, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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Yamal scored a beautiful falling goal in the match against Oviedo

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Yamal scored a beautiful falling goal in the match against Oviedo

Barcelona forward Lamin Yamal he scored a beautiful goal in the 21st round match of La Liga against Oviedo.

In the 73rd minute, the player finished a cross from the wing with a lateral scissors kick.

Yamal scored a beautiful falling goal in the match against Oviedo

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Former PSG player Kurzawa has signed a contract with the Indonesian club

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Former PSG player Kurzawa has signed a contract with the Indonesian club

Former footballer PSG and the French team Layven Kurzawa signed a contract with Indonesian club Persib Bandung.

The 33-year-old defender’s previous team was Portuguese Boavista. The Frenchman played for her in the second half of the 2024/25 season.

Included PSG Kurzawa played from 2015 to 2024. He played 154 matches for the team and scored 14 goals.

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Miron Markevich spoke about Pedrinho’s naturalization

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Miron Markevich spoke about Pedrinho’s naturalization

In 2024, information emerged that the Brazilian midfielder of Shakhtar Pedrinho could become a player of the Ukrainian national team. Later, the actor himself indirectly confirmed this. And just yesterday this news took a new form. Moreover, there is a possibility that Pedrinho will be naturalized during the Blue-Yellow matches to be played in March.

Will this be a strength for Sergei Rebrov’s team? The former coach of the national team told the Meta.ua website exclusively: Miron Markevich.

“It is difficult for me to give a definitive answer to this question,” Markevich said. – However, it seems to me that Shakhtar has stronger players in the midfield line. Another question is whether the football player has expressed a desire to play for the Ukrainian national team and whether the head coach needs him.

Of course, in general, Pedrinho is a quality player. This season the midfielder plays effective football, is light and agile. A player with these qualities could have helped in the match against Sweden, which had a strong performance. But still, if Sergei Rebrov needs a Brazilian, it means he sees something in this football player. The mentor is responsible for the outcome and is the one who decides.

We have many players who can combine on the midline and there is serious competition. I hope Alexander Zinchenko starts playing, we also have strong players like Georgy Sudakov, Viktor Tsygankov, Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Gutsulyak, Ruslan Malinovsky. Therefore, considering all of the above, it is a question whether this will be a panacea for the national team.

Let us also remind you that the Ukraine national team will play the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament play-off semi-final match against Sweden on March 26. The winner of this match in the final will face the winner of the match between Poland and Albania on March 31 for the right to advance to the final part of the tournament.

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