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Russian Football News is the only English website dedicated solely to Russian football. We give you the insight look into the wonderful and chaotic world of Russian football.
The RFN Podcast is the audio arm of the website, established in 2015.
The RFN Podcast is the audio arm of the website, established in 2015.
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This week on the pod, Richard takes over hosting duties and he is joined by Football Radar's Anna Konovalova. Anna is a Moscow-native Spartak fan and an expert in Russian, German and Austrian football.
Follow Anna on Twitter:
@iamanch
@FRFussballAnna
@HexenkesselPod - Anna's pod on German football in Russian
Thus, the pair discuss the swathes of German specialists taking over at RPL clubs, discuss parallels between Austrian & Russian football and evaluate the Hypercube reforms suggesting following that of the Austrian Bundesliga, and finish off with evaluating all the big events of the past week including; Rui Vitoria's sacking, Paolo Vanoli's arrival at Spartak and all the action from the Dynamo - Zenit match at the top of the table.
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This week on the pod, it's a red & white takeover as James is joined by Hanu & Alexey to discuss Spartak's second-ever European Group Table-Topping campaign before checking out the rest of the midweek European results.
Hanu - @H4nuu & @PodcastWTI
Alexey - @loonyspectre
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
04:15 - Spartak's Table-Topping European Campaign
32:34 - Zenit's draw against Chelsea
50:40 - Lokomotiv's Disappointing Campaign
1:06:35 - Outro
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On David's last pod before his Christmas vacation, we take a look at what to expect from Tomas Zorn in his "new" role at Lokomotiv and ask whether or not Ralf Rangnick still exerts his influence at the club from afar. We also review all the latest in the RPL and take a look back at the FNL Winter part of the season as a whole with their break already underway.
Timestamps:
01:24 - Zorn's "New" Role
20:48 - FNL Winter Review
37:02 - RPL Action
37:10 - Khimki 3-3 Krasnodar
40:13 - Arsenal 3-1 Lokomotiv
45:08 - Rubin 2-3 Dynamo
52:13 - News in Brief
57:03 - Outro
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This week, Rich returns as we all dissect the midweek European games involving Russian sides as Spartak defeat Napoli again. Then, we quickly look at Russia's opponents in the WC 2022 Playoffs draw before delving deep into Ralf Rangnick's time at Lokomotiv & impending move to Manchester United.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:05 - Malmo 1-1 Zenit
14:11 - Spartak 2-1 Napoli
33:06 - Lokomotiv 0-3 Lazio
37:00 - 2022 World Cup Playoff Draw
40:18 - Rangnick to Manchester United
58:51 - Outro
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James & David focus on the Sbornaya Senior, U21 & U19 squads in an International Football special. We do dive into the RPL right at the end but as the last game week was almost 2 weeks ago now that is old hat, as David stans Karpin & Gladyshev for 20 minutes instead.
Timestamps:
Intro - 00:00
Sbornaya - 01:10
U21s - 18:17
U19s - 37:18
RPL Catch-Up - 43:49
Outro - 55:51
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It was a mixed week in Europe this time out, as Zenit lost to Juve while Lokomotiv and Spartak drew with Galatasary and Leicester respectively away from home.
We also take another look at the upcoming Russia squad and recap all of the RPL Round 13 Action from the last week.
Also, apologies for James' sore throat this week, blame him for going to two away games and shouting at Sunderland for losing 5-1 & 3-0 in them...
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - European Matches Roundup
02:10 - Juve 4-2 Zenit
09:01 - Galatasary 1-1 Lokomotiv
15:33 - Leicester 1-1 Spartak
25:40 - League Coefficients
30:24 - Karpin's Russia Squad Reduced to 30
37:48 - RPL Round 13
38:36 - Rubin 1-0 CSKA
41:30 - Arsenal 1-2 Sochi
45:16 - Krasnodar 0-1 Krylia
49:02 - Zenit 4-1 Dynamo
52:34 - News in Brief
54:51 - Outro
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James & Richard deep-dive into the big game of the weekend as Zenit defeated Spartak 7-1 & covered the rest of the RPL games before exploring the gargantuan 41-man Russia squad.
Timestamps:
00:57 - Zenit 7-1 Spartak
25:01 - CSKA 3-1 Krylia
34:50 - Akhmat 1-0 Ural
38:59 - Dinamo v Zenit Preview
47:06 - Karpin's 41-man Squad
59:51 - Russian Cup Next Round
01:00:30 - "Shomurodov" Controversy
01:02:17 - Outro
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We look back at a d disappointing week in Europe as Spartak lost 4-3 to Leicester, Zenit fell 1-0 to a late Dejan Kulusevski goal for Juve and Lokomotiv also conceded late in a 1-0 loss against Galatasary. We also unpack all the RPL action from last weekend.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:31 - Spartak 3-4 Leicester
19:18 - Zenit 0-1 Juventus
33:36 - Lokomotiv 0-1 Galatasary
49:40 - RPL Round 11
01:13:02 - Outro
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This week, we discuss the Russia games, Richard writes a biography of Markus Gisdol, David waxes lyrical about some players nobody has heard of before and James forgets how league tables work in a hectic end to the pod.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:20 - Russia 1-0 Slovakia
14:34 - Slovenia 1-2 Russia
25:02 - Russia U21 Matches
32:38 - Markus Gisdol in at Lokomotiv
48:47 - Latest FNL Action
59:03 - PFL Broken Website
01:02:02 - Outro
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James & David cover all the latest goings-on in Russian Football, mainly Lokomotiv & Marko Nikolic parting ways, analysing a weekend of upsets in the RPL before discussing the cavalcade of changes that engulfed Valery Karpin's Russia squad in the past two weeks.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Nikolic Leaves Loko
23:03 - Loko 1-2 Rostov
28:27 - Rubin 0-1 Nizhny
35:50 - Dynamo 0-1 Krylia
42:23 - CSKA 0-0 Krasnodar
48:39 - Zenit 1-2 Sochi
57:28 - Russia Squad Changes
01:08:50 - Pryadkin Resigns as RPL President
01:12:24 - Outro
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This week, James & David are joined by Hanu from the Whatever This Is Podcast to discuss all the midweek European games involving Russian clubs.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Zenit 4-0 Malmo
18:05 - Napoli 2-3 Spartak
43:18 - Lazio 2-0 Loko
01:00:46 - Russia U21s & RPL Keepers
01:10:00 - Outro
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We return to the top of the RPL this week to discuss the biggest games from last weekend's action, including CSKA's victory in the Main-Moscow Derby. We also cast an eye over Zenit's victory over Rubin, Dynamo's defeat of Sochi and the latest Russian National Team squad.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01 30 - Sochi v Dynamo
18:25 - Rubin v Zenit
29:01 - Spartak V CSKA
41:45 - Russia Squad
54:20 - Russian Cup Results
55:35 - Outro
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Attention turns to European matters this week, as the UCL & UEL Group Stages return. We have fingers in more pies than a leper in a cookery class as Zenit travelled to Chelsea while Spartak & Lokomotiv hosted Legia and Marseille in Moscow respectively. We'll discuss all of that including a special guest appearance at the end.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Chelsea 0-1 Zenit
24:13 - Spartak 0-1 Legia
48:35 - Loko 1-1 Marseille
01:03:22 - Outro
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Attention turns to European matters this week, as the UCL & UEL Group Stages return. We have fingers in more pies than a leper in a cookery class as Zenit travelled to Chelsea while Spartak & Lokomotiv hosted Legia and Marseille in Moscow respectively. We'll discuss all of that including a special guest appearance at the end.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
??? - Chelsea 0-1 Zenit
??? - Spartak 0-1 Legia
??? - Loko 1-1 Marseille
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After taking our own short international break last week we are reconvening here to discuss all three of Russia’s recent WC qualifying games - the first three under new boss Valery Karpin. Then, take a look at how the U21s faired in their two games & ahead of the return of the RPL this weekend and after deadline day yesterday shall summarise the entire window as a whole.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - Russia 0-0 Croatia
07:20 - Cyprus 0-2 Russia
11:40 - Captaincy Debate
21:12 - Russia 2-0 Malta
29:00 - Russia U21s
45:00 - Transfer Window Summary
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On this week's pod, we record earlier than scheduled - with the RPL games brought forward to Thursday & Friday at the behest of Valery Karpin in order to have more training time with his Sbornaya squad in the upcoming international break. We discuss all the latest RPL action as Dynamo top the league for the first time in years, get all the latest lowdown on transfers and start off with all the juicy information regarding the foreigner limit after the RPL clubs met in the week.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Foreigner Limit Proposals & Decisions(?)
17:30 - Transfer News & Speculation
39:50 - Dynamo Top the RPL
44:05 - CSKA under Berezutskiy 2
49:52 - Ufa hold Zenit
56:30 - Cordoba @ Krasnodar & Loko win
1:02:25 - Worst Foreign Players in the RPL
1:12:05 - Outro
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This week on the pod, we discuss the squads for both the Sbornaya and U21 teams for the upcoming national break - the first under new boss Valery Karpin. Recap all the latest in the RPL before rounding off with a quick look over the Hypercube Reform proposals.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Karpin's First Sbornaya Squad
14:10 - U21 Squad
23:45 - Loko v Zenit
29:18 - Krasnodar v Arsenal
34:19 - CSKA v Rostov
39:01 - Nizhny v Ufa
44:00 - Carl Starfelt @ Celtic
45:29 - RFU x Hypercube Reforms
1:13:40 - Outro
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This week, the pod team explore all the European fixtures that involved Russian sides (spoilers, it was as disappointing as you'd expect) before rounding up all the RPL action and summer news from those we missed out on last week.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:03 - Partizan Belgrade v Sochi
07:30 - Rubin Kazan v Rakow Czestochowa
17:40 - Benfica v Spartak Moscow
31:15 - CSKA & Khimki
35:50 - Loko & Krasnodar
45:15 - Akhmat
50:20 - Outro
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First of all, apologies for a no-show last week as some very late emergencies came up & made recording in time for the Friday RPL games impossible.
But we are back this week to discuss all the recent RPL action, cast over who Sochi & Rubin were drawn against in the Europa Conference League and discuss the Valery Karpin debacle as he is given the Sbornaya job, agreeing to work with both Rostov and the national team only to then leave his role as Rostov boss after two successive defeats.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:56 - RPL Recap So Far
40:25 - Conference League Draw & Next Round
48:29 - Karpin @ Sbornaya - Semin @ Rostov
01:00:51 - Outro
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The RFN Pod team reconvenes just in time for the new season, as we are back just in time for some RPL and European Conference League action. We cast an eye over Sochi's 3-0 win in their Europa Conference League Second Qualification Round First Leg victory over Kesla. The FNL also started two weeks ago but due to some various vacation commitments unfortunately we were not able to record so we will also recap on some of that action before finishing off looking at all the big RPL transfers in the short summer break.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - Sochi 3-0 Kesla
18:15 - The start of the FNL Season
36:04 - RPL Summer Transfers
55:40 - Outro
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