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Timofey Kalachev Returns to Rostov as Head Coach of Youth Academy
Timofey Kalachev Returns as Head Coach of Rostov Youth Academy The club "Rostov" announced the return of team legend Timofey Kalachev as the head coach of the youth academy. Kalachev, who finished his career in 2019, will supervise players aged 15-17 and become one of the coaches for the Rostov 2004 team. He expressed his happiness about returning to the club, highlighting the academy's recent successes in major tournaments and the importance of continuing to develop talent for "Rostov." Kalachev played for the club since 2006, except for a brief period in 2008-09, and he participated in over 200 matches, winning the Russian Cup and silver medals in the Russian Premier League. On its official website, Rostov announced the return of former team midfielder Timofey Kalachev to the club's system. Kalachev finished his career in the spring of 2019. Kalachev has been appointed head coach of the Yellow-Blues' youth academy. There, he will supervise pupils a...
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La Liga | Sevilla - Real Madrid 3-0 | Coaches' opinions
La Liga. Sevilla - Real Madrid 3-0. Coaches' opinions At a press conference after the match with Sevilla, Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui admitted his team's mistakes in the lost match, and Pablo Machin was happy for his players and for the game they showed against such a strong opponent. Julen Lopetegui: "You could say we had a bad match, but Sevilla had a very good one" About team errors Sevilla were stronger and deserved to win. We didn't play the match as planned and paid for it in the first half by conceding quick goals. In the second half we equalized and hoped that if we scored we could get back into the game. We scored, but the goal was not counted in the end, after which we missed more chances to score and could not come back. In general, we can say that we had a bad match, and Sevilla a very good one. On the lack of pressure and aggressiveness “We were going to press, but it didn’t work out, which is evident from the result: Sevilla surpassed us...
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Fran Kirby on her Chelsea FC Women absence
Fran Kirby on her Chelsea FC Women absence Fran Kirby has spoken for the first time about the medical condition which has kept her out of the Chelsea Women team since November. The 26-year-old made the last of her four appearances for Chelsea this season as a substitute in November's 1-0 win over Manchester United after missing the start of the campaign because of injury. Following that game Kirby was diagnosed with pericarditis, a condition which is uncommon in athletes and refers to inflammation of the pericardium (the fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart). Normally it is caused by a viral infection and manifests with symptoms typically including sudden onset of sharp chest pain, fever, nausea, shortness of breath and weakness. Those who contract pericarditis can recover quickly but for others – including our England international – it can take months with Kirby revealing she was sleeping 15 hours a day during the early stages of the illness and taking anti-inflammator...
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Why Russian football needs a foreign head of referees
Why Russian football needs a foreign head of referees Dmitry Egorov - that Dyukov's decision looks logical, no matter how much he is criticized. Football referees in Russia will now be managed by Hungarian Viktor Kaszsály and Russian Sergey Fursa. Although controversial, it is a logical decision by RFU head Alexander Dyukov. And no offense to our other referees, but they themselves have eaten each other up, having lost their strength and trust. In general, we live in such a time in football, when there is no point in dwelling on personalities. Personally, I may like Alexander Egorov, someone else - Nikolai Levnikov, a third - Valentin Ivanov. Maybe someone will like Mr. Budogossky. But the problem is not whether they are good performers, honest comrades and talented craftsmen - it is simply that they are all ultimately the heads of one Russian refereeing monster. A monster whose heads will never stop framing and disfiguring each other. And so - at all stages of a strong and unc...
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Koeman refused to take over in Barcelona
Koeman turns down Barcelona job Dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman has turned down an invitation from Barcelona. The former Blaugrana player has decided to continue working for his home team, according to Marca. Barcelona prepare two options to replace Valverde after Xavi's refusal Barcelona are preparing two options to replace Valverde after Xavi's refusal. After the failure with Xavi, Barcelona made Koeman an offer to replace Ernesto Valverde immediately, but the Dutch specialist refused. He plans to play with the Dutch national team at Euro 2020 and only then consider returning to the Camp Nou as a coach. Koeman's contract with the Orange has a special clause that allows him to end his cooperation prematurely if he receives an invitation from Barcelona. As a reminder, the Dutch national team are Ukraine's rivals in the group stage of Euro 2020. Leicester suffered a defeat in the match against Southampton Leicester City 1 : 2 Southampton. The match is o...
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