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Program in summary:
🏒 11:00: Metallurg – Ak Bars, Chelyabinsk Region Governor’s Cup ⚽️ 15:00: Zenit – Ural, RPL, round 6 🏀 15:40: USA – New Zealand, Men’s World Cup 2023, Round 1 🏎 16:00: Qualifying for the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix ⚽️ 17:00: Manchester United – Nottingham Forest Premier League, round 3 ⚽️ 17:00: Arsenal – Fulham, Premier League, round 3 ⚽️ 17:30 : Rubin – Dynamo, RPL, round 6 ⚽️ 7:30 pm: Spartak – Akhmat, RPL, matchday 6 ⚽️ 9:45 pm: Milan – Torino, Serie A, matchday 2 ⚽️ 10:30 pm: Sevilla – Girona, La Liga, matchday 3 🎾 6:00-3:00pm: separate tennis schedule
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🏒 11:00: Metallurg – Ak Bars, Cup of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region
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Mystery: how will the teams play the last game before the start of the season?
Both teams played two games each in their last tournament this offseason. Kazan beat Lada and, after the results of the penalty shootout, lost to Traktor, but Magnitogorsk was less successful, losing to the same opponents after extra time. The head-to-head meeting will be the last test for them before the start of the regular season, which will start in a week, and each of the clubs would like to end the preparation for the start of the season on a positive note. .
metal hockey players
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⚽️ 3:00 p.m.: Zenit – Ural, RPL, matchday 6
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Intrigue: Will Ural take points from the most uncomfortable rival?
All Ural and Viktor Goncharenko personally do not have a more inconvenient opponent in all of Russia than Zenit. What the Club has, what the coach has, the game statistics with the blue and white are a nightmare. The “Bumblebees” won the only victory in this pair when Yekaterinburg was called Sverdlovsk, St. Petersburg – Leningrad, and the country – the Soviet Union. Yes, and it was in the First League. In the Russian period, one-way circulation: 22 Zenith wins and only four draws. Goncharenko’s memories of the St. Petersburg club are not much more pleasant – a victory in 19 matches! Saturday will be the 20th anniversary. Maybe at least this time correct the depressing figures?
Legionnaires “Zenith”
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, Championship
🏀 3:40 PM: United States v New Zealand Men’s World Cup 2023 Group C Round 1
Intrigue: Will the Americans start the 2023 World Cup with a victory?
Americans traditionally have NBA players. Every one of Steve Kerr’s 12 guys is a major option (and sometimes even a full-blown star) on his team. It’s almost certain that on any other team, all of the team’s interactions would be based on every single player on Team USA. Or almost everything. But that is if you think hypothetically. However, are all the players on the Stars and Stripes team capable of sacrifice? We will know very soon.
United States basketball players
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🏎 16:00: Qualifying for the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix
Mystery: how did you spend your summer vacation?
Formula 1 returns after a long hiatus. And although the team bases were also closed for a couple of weeks, many stables managed to prepare interesting news for the stage in Dutch Zandvoort. Who will step forward? Will all the drivers be able to handle the traffic on the short and narrow track that hosts the Dutch F1 Grand Prix? Saturday’s qualifying can bring surprises.
Max Verstappen at the Dutch Grand Prix
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⚽️ 5:00 p.m.: Manchester United – Nottingham Forest, Premier League, matchday 3
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Mystery: Will Ten Hag Fix Composition Problems?
Manchester United fans are nervous, instead of a peppy start to the season, they got: one goal in two games, many missed chances (the best in xG after Brighton), while dragging the game. The long-awaited high-priced striker (Hoylund) is still on the mend, and Mount and Shaw have also been out for a few weeks. For the match against Nottingham only one nominal left-back remained: the young Álvaro Fernández. Dalo can play too, but ten Hag has a lot of puzzles.
Nottingham have at least one player for whom the match will be crucial: Elanga arrived from Manchester United in the summer.
Manchester United players
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⚽️ 5:00 p.m.: Arsenal – Fulham, Premier League, matchday 3
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Intrigue: Will Fulham get over ‘Arsenal syndrome’?
Possibly the most predictable derby in the Premier League. In recent years, Fulham have developed and progressed the “Arsenal Syndrome”. The last victory of London’s oldest team over neighboring Emirates occurred more than 11 years ago: 2:1 in January 2012. To make you realize how much time has passed, it suffices to say that the two coaches of the teams that participated in that party, Martin Jol and Arsene Wenger, are long retired. It seems that this time too everything is clear with the winner. Or not?!
London Arsenal players
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⚽️ 17:30: Rubin – Dynamo, RPL, round 6
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Intrigue: Will Dynamo remain in the top 3?
During Berdyev’s reign in Kazan, it seems that there was no more unpleasant opponent for Dynamo than Rubin. After two decades, the Blue and Whites could not cope with the spell of Tatarstan for 14 games in a row! Now the balance of power has shifted. The last two games before Rubin’s year-long exile to the First League were in the hands of the Muscovites. Dinamo came to Kazan as one of the leaders of the season and will try to stay in the top three. But it will not be easy to achieve this: after the victory over the Wings, Rakhimov’s team cheered up and will try to build on their success.
Football players of Dynamo (Moscow)
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, Championship
⚽️ 19:30: Spartak – Akhmat, RPL, round 6
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Intrigue: Will Romashchenko upset his former teammates?
Cherchesov’s longtime substitute, Miroslav Romashchenko, played for Spartak and worked as a coach, and will now face Akhmat. In the depths of his soul, the new mentor of the Grozny team is probably thinking about the third entry to the club from the capital, already the main one. But in order for the dream to come true, it is necessary to prove himself in this capacity in a simpler team. Miroslav famously started with the defeat of Orenburg (4-0). He will now try to remind himself of his former teammates, and stronger! Until now he has only competed once as a coach with the rojiblancos: 15 years ago with Tom. Then the Muscovites won by the minimum, the only goal was scored by Fati (not to be confused with the Barcelona prodigy).
Spartak players
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, Championship
⚽️ 9:45 p.m.: Milan – Torino, Serie A, matchday 2
Intrigue: Will Vlašić remind Milan of himself?
After the end of Miranchuk’s loan, Lokomotiv fans in Italy turned their attention back to Atalanta. But in Turin there remained a character who was not indifferent to the army team: Nikola Vlašić. Due to the scarcity of Russians in the top 5 leagues, it is also allowed to include him among “ours” in Serie A. And Milan is the biggest irritant for the Croatian; after all, he went to this direction where he was originally going. from CSKA! It will be great to play in Torino, maybe even make it to the San Siro.
Leaving aside the anomalous division of Turin in 2021 (7-0), almost all of Milan’s matches against Torino are characterized by a great intensity of fighting. Last year, for example, they exchanged minimal 1-0 victories and Torino eliminated the Milanese from the Coppa Italia. We expect something similar this time. And, of course, the brilliant performance of Nikola.
Theo Hernandez (Milan)
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⚽️ 22:30: Seville – Girona, La Liga, day 3
Intrigue: will the Europa League winner get the first points in La Liga?
The club with the most Europa League titles and current owner of the Eurotrophy is in the relegation zone in the national league! Well, yes, only two days have passed, but seeing Sevilla in 18th place with zero in the main column of the table is unusual in any case. The Andalusians urgently need to start scoring points, but there is no certainty that this will happen in the next round. Girona’s daring start (draw in San Sebastián, Getafe defeat) and the statistics augur another mess for Mendilibar’s team. In any case, the Catalans have won the last three games against the Sevillians.
Sevilla players
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🎾 18:00-3:00: separate tennis hours
Due to the time difference, the information about the important tennis tournaments that are held now is late. Therefore, we collect matches in a separate article; will appear here.
