Articles tagged with "zenit saint petersburg"
Week 3: Story of Three Derbies and the Broken Jaw
By Ivan | April 2nd, 2007Good Weekend Spartak Moscow Won the very principal away derby against Zenit. That was really Saint Petersburg versus Moscow clash and Muscovites suddenly crushed home side by three goals in first half. Juicy was the fact that first was scored by Spart
Meet Sunflower Seeds or Things To Do in Rostov When You're a Football Fan
By Ivan | March 23rd, 2007At last I got the perfect illustration for popular action among Russian supporters. There are nor banners neither fireworks. There aren't drums. Don't even think of football chants. Face the reality: sunflower seeds. Look at these people eating seeds
Week 2: Sad Tune for Mozart (not composer, just midfielder)
By Ivan | March 19th, 2007Good weekend Leonid Slutskiy Coach of FC Moscow was the triumphant of principal "manager derby" vs Tom Tomsk (read more here). FC Moscow lost their best striker but Slutskiy bet on young forward Roman Adamov and won: he scored twice. Lucky "Russian Mo
Alexander Gorshkov is smarter than Mark van Bommel
By Ivan | March 17th, 2007I bet you all remember Mark van Bommel's expression at Real vs. Bayern clash in Champions League. But Alexander Gorshkov of Zenit Saint Petersburg is much smarter than headstrong Dutch - he didn't make it so evidently. Ukrainian midfielder equalized in Ru
How Do You Call Them?
By Ivan | March 12th, 2007It's the last post of season preview – to summarize previous and give you a bit more. Let's dig into nicknames of Russian Premier League teams. CSKA Moscow. They are Horses because their stadium was built on site of stables. They are The Army too –
Season Preview: Zenit Saint Petersburg. Unity
By Ivan | March 9th, 2007Location. Saint Petersburg usually called "cultural capital" opposite to nominee Moscow: that's the key antagonism. Vlastimil Petrzela, Czech ex-coach of Zenit, once said "Zenit will never be a champion" that meant they wouldn't be allowed to. But this se
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