Friday’s top matches: RPL tour start, VTB United League Super Cup and hockey
Mikhail Georgiev September 12, 2024, 21:00 Moscow time
What to watch on September 13: Rubin – Wings – another test for Slutsky and Cristiano’s team against Firmino!
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⚽️ 14:35: Zhejiang – Shanghai Shenhua, China – Super League, round 25 🏒 17:00: Barys – Dynamo Minsk, KHL regular season 🏀 17:00: Lokomotiv-Kuban – “Crvena Zvezda”, VTB United League Super Cup , Group A 🏀 20:00: UNICS – “Zenit”, VTB United League Super Cup, Group B ⚽️ 20:15: “Rubin” – “Krylya Sovetov”, RPL, eighth round ⚽️ 21:00: Al Nasr – Al Ahly, Saudi Arabia – Pro League, Matchday 3
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⚽️ 14:35: Zhejiang – Shanghai Shenhua, China – Super League, matchday 25
Intrigue: Slutsky’s team in pursuit of the championship
Leonid Slutsky’s Shanghai Shenhua scored 61 points from 24 games. A fantastic result, if it weren’t for one “but”: Oscar’s “Shanghai Port” is even more successful and is two points ahead. There are still six games to play. Any further defeat would probably lead to a collapse, as the rivals for gold have already played both matches head-to-head. Zhejiang is in seventh place and is quite capable of causing problems. In the first round, however, Shenhua lost (4:0). Will it repeat this once again?
Recently, a Russian coach compared the level of the RPL and the Chinese league:
Slutsky compared the level of the RPL with that of the Chinese Super League
🏒 17:00: “Barys” – “Dynamo” Minsk, KHL regular championship
Intrigue: Can the Kazakh club break a series of failures?
David Nemirovsky’s team is one of the biggest disappointments at the start of the KHL season. The Barys leaders are playing massively below their capabilities, which led to a three-game losing streak with a total score of 3:11. What especially saddens the fans of the Astana team is the fact that all the failures occurred on their own ice. The Kazakh club completes the series at home with a match against Dynamo Minsk. Will it be possible to break the losing streak or will Barys’ crisis be prolonged?
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🏀 17:00: Lokomotiv-Kuban – Red Star, VTB United League Super Cup, Group A
Intrigue: Will Loko get its first win in an official match under a new coach?
Lokomotiv-Kuban has already won more than once in pre-season matches, but not yet in official matches. The Krasnodar club lost yesterday to CSKA, the reigning champion of the VTB United League, after which Andrei Vedishev’s charges had a day off. Will the team be able to make the most of it to destroy Crvena Zvezda? The opponent from Serbia is clearly not easy, as the club is the champion of the Adriatic League and also participates in the Euroleague.
The most interesting match against CSKA:
First test for Andrey Vedishchev. Loko tried, but CSKA showed champion level
🏀 20:00: UNICS – Zenit, VTB United League Super Cup, Group B
Intrigue: Who will make it to the final of the tournament?
UNICS Kazan easily defeated Besiktas (97:69) in the first round of the United League Super Cup. If last season’s runners-up win the next match, they will advance to the final of the international tournament. On the way to the decisive match, the Kazan team will have to play Zenit. The St. Petersburg club barely beat the same Besiktas (83:80), but in a match with a key rival they can show themselves in a completely different way. Who will get a ticket to the final: UNICS or Zenit?
Great start to the tournament for UNICS:
UNICS has acquired a top trio! Kazan beat a European club in the United League Super Cup
⚽️ 20:15: “Rubin” – “Wings of the Soviets”, RPL, eighth round
💬 Match text transmission
Intrigue: How will the Volga derby end?
Over the past five years, the Samara team has given the Kazan team a tough fight: four wins, two draws and only one loss. Which should be especially unpleasant for Rubin fans, because this is a derby, not just a rivalry. The Wings, however, have been knocked down this season: six points in seven games is clearly not a dream result. Kazan, in any case, has 10. But Ivan Sergeev returned to Samara and has not forgotten how to score.
Why did the Russian champions let Sergeev go?
Sergeev is a brilliant joker. But Zenit never accepted him
⚽️ 21:00: Al Nasr – Al Ahly, Saudi Arabia – Pro League, 3rd round
💬 Match text transmission
Intrigue: Cristiano vs. Firmino
Some stars are fighting with others; in recent years it has not only been the big leagues, but also the Saudi league. And now Cristiano, Talisca, Brozovic, Mane and Laporte will compete with Firmino, Kessier, Toni, Veiga and Mendy. Why not turn on the broadcast? In the Pro League they play very well, they score a lot and often. If you are not yet convinced of this, maybe it is time?
The last day of the transfer market in Saudi Arabia was dynamic:
Saudi Arabia shook up the market as the transfer deadline approached. Even Zenit and Loko made money
