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//We never appreciate players until they retire and this adage applies to one of the greatest goalkeepers in the Premier League Petr Cech. The Arsenal stopper announced some few weeks ago that this would be his last season playing football.
//Issac Ulema who is the left sided defender of the team of Uganda has now joined FK Viktoria Zikov, which is the 2nd division side football club of the country of Czech Republic.
//Issac Ulema who is the left sided defender of the team of Uganda has now joined FK Viktoria Zikov, which is the 2nd division side football club of the country of Czech Republic.
//Even 1 point would have been enough for Slovakia in order to secure their subsistence in a group that was already won by the team of Ukraine. Patrik Schick, the Roma striker took his team ahead in a short span of time after the 30 minutes mark for ensuring that the Czech Republic should remain in Nations League 2nd tier.
//Czech Republic coach Jaroslav Šilhavý said that his team needs to improve if they want to perform in the Nations League. He said that his team has been struggling so far in the Nations League and that they need to improve.
//Moldavian team Sheriff FC were unable to build on the first leg success over Qarabag FC as they fell to a 3-0 defeat at theTofiqBəhramovadınaRespublikastadionu.Sheriff FC were coming into the game with a real possibility of reaching the group stages of the Europa League after having been able to secure a 1-0 lead from the first leg. In a difficult match at theBolshayaSportivnaya Arena, an eighth minute goal from RifetKapic was able to provide the Moldavian team with the much needed break. Just when it seemed that they would be able to rely on the solo effort in order to reach the European group football stages for the first time, there was a significant setback when Maksim Medvedev scored just after nine minutes.
//The Nigerian national team has declared war against Iceland after their 2-0 loss to Croatia in the first game. The team has been much derided back home after the huge disappointment, conceding goals from set-pieces and failing to be productive in the final third.
//Czech Republic suffered a second straight loss against Northern Ireland to dash their 2018 World Cup hopes.
West Brom stars Jonny Evans and Chris Brunt scored a goal apiece as they thrashed Czech Rep. For Czech, it is more devastating after their loss to Germany. The result put Northern Ireland on a very good note to qualify from the group after winning five matches in a row.
Northern Ireland have Germany and Norway to face in the final group games but they are sure to make the cut for Russia next year. Eight of nine teams would make the playoffs in Europe. The victory against Czech will help them improve their FIFA world rankings for the month of October. The rankings would decide the best second placed teams from each group, helping them avoid a stronger side. Continue reading “CZECH REP SUFFER SECOND STRAIGHT DEFEAT”
//The head coach of Championship side Hull City Leonid Slutsky believes his appointment as the first Russian manager in English football would swell Russian support for the club.
The Marco Silva replacement has a high profile in his home country. He won three titles while coaching CSKA Moscow. He also led the national team of Russia at the Euro 2016 last year in France. The manager opines that English football is popular in Russia so his appointment could improve the followership by the fans back at the Far East.
“English football is very popular in Russia. The first tournament by Russian TV companies was the English Premier League. It’s really popular in Russia. I’m a coach, I don’t have a team, but of course when Mr [Roman] Abramovich bought Chelsea a lot of Russians supported them and I’m not an exception,” the coach said.
He agreed that more Russians would support Hull now that he was the manager.
“I don’t know how many [Russian] supporters there will be on the stands because it’s difficult. But Maybe energy from TV, I think now. In Russia, there are 150 million people and I think 50 percent will be supporting Hull City,” Slutsky boldly claimed. Continue reading “SLUTSKY SAYS APPOINTMENT WOULD SWELL RUSSIAN SUPPORT”
//Malta are set to play Slovakia in the first international window of 2017.
That team has developed since then. There is the talented skipper Marek Hamsik, former Reds defender Martin Skrtel, and Juraj Kucka. The Slovaks are hoping to navigate through Group F for a spot in Russia 2018.
Slovakia did not start the World Cup campaign very well as they lost back to back to Slovenia and England. They turned around to defeat Scotland 3-0 before whopping Lithuania 4-0. They are four points behind leaders England and Slovenia have two more points. This makes the Maltese team a prey. Continue reading “MALTA PLAY SLOVAKIA IN FIRST 2017 WINDOW”