Zenit's two major victories
The current champion of the country "Zenith" has started the second stage of the training camp in the UAE.
In Dubai, the team has already played two test matches, both of which took place on Thursday.
First, the Petersburgers, with a squad close to the main one, defeated Ararat-Armenia thanks to Malcolm's double, and towards evening they scored three unanswered goals against another Armenian team, Noah.
The goals were scored by Dmitry Chistyakov, Stanislav Krapukhin and Mikhail Pogorelov.
To the delight of the fans, Artyom Dzyuba and Andrey Lunev, who returned to service, spent half an hour on the field, joining their teammates on Sunday.
“I think they will play 45 minutes in the next match, we will look after them.
Now we are testing, analyzing their condition.
Further we will look at the situation.
We hope that soon they will be ready to play the entire match, ”the press service of the blue-white-blue quotes Sergei Semak.
But Serdar Azmun, who suffered an ankle injury in a meeting with Ural, does not work with the team.
According to Zenit's mentor, the timing of the striker's recovery is not yet clear.
“He is studying individually and is at the stage of treatment.
At the moment it is difficult to say when Serdar will start training with the team or on the football field.
While the stage of treatment is underway without a football field, ”the specialist added.
Also, the coach was left without a young defensive midfielder Leon Musaev.
Last week he officially transferred to Rubin Kazan.
With a high degree of probability, the third goalkeeper Alexander Vasyutin can also leave the team.
Semak said that he had a rental option.
Finally, one of the highlights from the reigning champions' second camp was the visit of Hollywood star Will Smith.
The famous actor talked a little with Zenit players, after which he took a photo with them, as well as members of the coaching staff and staff.
Shkurin's five goals for CSKA in the new year
CSKA played two matches per day at the training camp in Spain.
On Wednesday, the army team beat Murcia for the second time in a week - 3: 1, and then left no chance for the modest La Union - 6: 2.
Ilya Shkurin managed to excel in both meetings.
In the first game he scored a double, and in the second he scored once.
In total, the Belarusian has five goals in four test matches of 2021.
Despite this, the club's management, according to media reports, continues to work on strengthening the attacking line.
This was also facilitated by the departure of Adolfo Gaich on loan to the Italian “Benevento”.
Last week it was reported that Everton striker Chenk Tosun could go to CSKA, but he ended up in Besiktas.
The athlete's father and agent Shenol Tosun said in an interview with Metaratings that he practically reached an agreement with the Russian team, but in the end a different decision was made.
To all appearances, CSKA will not be in Nice's defensive midfielder Danilo Barbosa.
Telefoot journalist Simone Rovera wrote about this on Twitter.
Later the information was confirmed by the "Championship".
Also, this edition wrote about the interest of the red and blue to the former striker of "Rubin" and "Zenith" Solomon Rondon.
Allegedly, the 31-year-old striker playing for the Chinese Dalyan Yifan is not against returning to Russia.
At the same time, the football player's contract with the current club is calculated until the end of 2022.
Unfortunately, the army team, like Zenit, cannot do without injuries at the training camp.
On Wednesday, the metropolitan team spoke about the damage to Igor Diveev's ankle.
The defender got it in pre-game practice.
But the midfielder Konstantin Kuchaev, on the contrary, returned to training in the general group.
Problems of "Spartak" in the negotiations on Promes
“Spartak”, unlike other Russian teams, has played only one match at the training camp so far.
On January 30, Domenico Tedesco's wards defeated the reigning champion of Uzbekistan "Pakhtakor" in a tense meeting - 2: 1.
Moreover, the victory of the red and white was strong-willed.
They conceded in the seventh minute, but won back in the middle of the first half thanks to a beautiful long-range shot by Alex Kral.
It is curious that the assist was given to him by the newcomer Jorrit Hendrix.
Roman Zobnin, who rarely scores, decided the fate of the confrontation in the very ending.
The rest of the days, the team continued intense training.
Only a joint trip to paintball has diluted the routine.
Meanwhile, the club continues to work on the return of Quincy Promes.
On Monday, Spartak said they are close to reaching an agreement with Ajax.
However, on Thursday, the club's managing director, Yevgeny Melezhikov, spoke about the difficulties that arose during the negotiations.
"Ajax" requires unconditional payments in any scenario of the court decision.
We want to either break them or not have them.
We talk, we offer various options, but Ajax has not yet agreed to this.
Are we in a hurry somewhere?
Let's wait and resume negotiations while on pause.
The financial cost was agreed with Ajax, "- quotes Melezhikov" Rating of bookmakers ".
As for the footballers who left Spartak, midfielder Maxim Glushenkov left for Khimki on loan.
However, it is difficult to call this a serious loss for Muscovites, because in the current season the Russian played only five matches for the team and most of the time he was recovering from a severe knee injury.
Also, allegedly, Ilya Kutepov, who does not receive playing practice in a profile position, can go on loan.
According to media reports, Turkish Gaziantep is interested in him.
Hat-trick of 18-year-old Tyukavin with Dynamo
If "Spartak" takes part in a minimum of test matches, then another capital team "Dynamo", on the contrary, enters the field regularly.
As part of the second training camp, the blue and white have already held four meetings, in which they won three victories and once drew.
The wards of Sandro Schwartz lost their peace with the Kazakhstani Aktobe - 2: 2, although they were twice in the lead.
But Slovak Slovan (4: 2), Montenegrin “Rudar” (3: 1) and Kazakhstani “Kairat” (2: 1) were defeated.
The top scorer of the team in this segment was 18-year-old Konstantin Tyukavin.
The young striker once upset “Aktobe” and “Slovan”, and in the meeting with “Rudar” he scored a hat-trick.
Meanwhile, Dynamo coach Andrey Voronin got into a scandalous story.
According to the Ukrainian media, during the training camp in Turkey, the specialist drank at the hotel in the company with the former partner in the Ukrainian national team Yevgeny Seleznev.
The latter was eventually expelled from Kolos for gross violation of the regime.
The expert himself denied this information and stressed that no one drank alcohol at the meeting.
Semin at the Lokomotiv match
Meanwhile, in Marbella, a meeting took place between two participants of the Champions League from Russia, Lokomotiv and Krasnodar.
The match ended in a draw.
The railroad workers responded to the goal of Rustam Khalnazarov in the 11th minute with a ball from Mikhail Ageev shortly before the final whistle.
It is curious that the former head coach of the team, Yuri Semin, attended the previous game of the red-greens with Ostersund, which caused a lively discussion on social networks.
But the club told reporters that the specialist lives in Marbella at his dacha and just took the opportunity to come to the stadium, but did not communicate with either colleagues or football players.
While the team continues to prepare for the resumption of the season, the club entered into an amicable agreement with former president Ilya Herkus.
The lawsuit against him was filed by the past management of Loko, headed by Vasily Kiknadze.
“There will be no more ships.
All mutual claims are in the past.
The new head of the club - Vladimir Leonchenko - showed himself in this situation as a manager who cares about the reputation of Lokomotiv and knows how to negotiate.
Good luck to him and the club! "
- wrote Herkus in his Telegram channel.
In parallel, Lokomotiv continues a serious personnel revolution.
More and more people are taking the places of the functionaries who left the club.
So, during the week the ex-defender of "Rubin" Andrey Fedorov, who had held a similar post in Kazan for several years, was appointed to the post of senior breeder.
Emotional match between Krasnodar and Rostov
And Krasnodar, just a couple of hours after the match with Loko, played against Rostov with the main team and achieved a 2-0 victory.
Midfielder Magomed-Shapi Suleimanov scored both goals.
Also, the meeting was remembered for a serious brawl at the end of the first half.
It all started with an episode in the middle of the field, when Tonny de Villena was dissatisfied with a rough selection by Roman Tugarev and gave him a slap on the head.
Khoren Bayramyan immediately stood up for the partner.
As a result, almost all the players took part in the scuffle, and it only miraculously did not end in a fight or deletions.
The judge only showed yellow cards to Bayramyan and de Villene.
Krasnodar, like most other Russian clubs, is doing without newcomers and only losing players.
So, the forward Herman Onugha on loan for six months moved to the Danish "Vejle".
The striker spent the first part of the season in the financially distressed Tambov, for which he scored six goals in the RPL and the Russian Cup.
In turn, "Rostov", on the contrary, continues to strengthen the ranks.
At the end of last week, the team was joined by two central defenders.
24-year-old Tomas Rukas, who has experience of playing in Portugal, has moved from Yenisei, and 18-year-old Alexander Mukhin from Kazanka.
A little later, Rostov signed an agreement with another young pupil of Loko, forward Maxim Turischev.
However, the club may well lose some of its leaders.
Valery Karpin admitted that they are ready to sell the same Matthias Norman if they receive a good offer.
“If there is an offer that suits the club, we will sell, why not.
We have already proved that we do not hold on to anyone with two hands and three legs if we receive proposals that suit us.
The club needs it, and any player wants to develop and grow.
So far there are no such proposals, "the website of the Match TV channel quotes Karpin as saying.