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The ex-midfielder of the Russian "Zenith" Mauricio spoke about the joint work in his former team under the leadership of the Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu, who, as you know, now heads the Kiev "Dynamo".

“André Villas-Boas left behind a top line-up. But Lucescu turned out to be a very strange coach. pursued his goals. Mircea changed almost the entire team, he was in conflict with many.

He was already many years old then, and some of his ideas were conservative: you can’t talk a lot, you can’t express your opinion. “I know everything, and you have to do what I say,” something like that.

Plus, Lucescu was unfair with Miguel Danny. He is a legend of Russian football. And Mircea took the captain's armband from him and put him on the bench. Lucescu was too selfish. Largely due to all these internal problems, we did not become champions that season, ”Sport24 quoted Mauricio as saying.

Recall that Lucescu headed Zenit from 2016 to 2017.

The head of the so-called of the "All-Russian trade union of football players" of Russia reported that he was approached by three ex-football players who received summonses from military commissars.

— None of the current football players applied. But I have appeals from three guys who have ended their careers. We can help with consultations. Our main task is to protect the rights of football players in their relationship with their employers. Therefore, here we can only give some human advice, - the local mass media quote.

Before the match of the 1/32 finals of the Russian Cup against Naftokhimik, the head coach of "Stavropol AgroSoyuz" Kyrylo Eidelnant said that his team may withdraw from the tournament due to the mobilization of players.

— The problem now is with certain situations in the country, mobilization... As of today, three of my boys have already felt... They seem to have been put on the lists. We will not play with 13 football players against a first league team. This is crazy. I don't know how it will be. We have 4 numbers game. How to prepare, in what mode, I have no idea today. If the guys are going to be taken... Do I have anyone with combat experience? Yes, there are guys. Everyone served - they will be taken away first, Eidelnant told local television.

Former coach of Metalist and Dnipro Myron Markevich commented on the massive outflow of players from the Ukrainian championship.

- The mass transfer of our football players can be explained by their desire to continue their careers. But we need to forget forever those players who play or coach Russian clubs. There is also no need to worry about the fate of those guys who left for Belarus,” Markevich told the Express newspaper.

Defensive midfielder Igor Chaikovsky became a player of the Kharkov football club Metallist.

“The 30-year-old pet of Chernivtsi football began his professional career at Shakhtar Donetsk, but he spent the brightest years of his career at Zorya Luhansk. As part of this team, Tchaikovsky won UPL bronze medals and played in the Europa League. In total, the newcomer of the “yellow-blue”, who will play under the 4th number, has played almost 150 matches in the elite division of the championship of Ukraine,” the press service of Kharkiv informs.

The message does not indicate that after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, in 2017-2018, Tchaikovsky played for the Russian Anji.

Former goalkeeper of Lokomotiv Moscow Sergey Ovchinnikov spoke about the isolation of the Russian Federation as an occupying country from all international football tournaments.

“The level of the Russian championship fell due to the suspension from European competitions, yes. But he didn't fall as hard as you all think. In addition, now we have the opportunity to develop young Russian football players.

After how many years will we be returned to Europe? It is hard to say. What's the point in guessing? I hope that tomorrow we will be returned to the European Cups. We must win - in every sense, ”RB Sport quotes Ovchinnikov.

Former Ukrainian Victor Onopko believes that UEFA and FIFA will forgive his current Nazi country that attacked Ukraine very soon.

- I can’t say specifically, but I think that the suspension of Russian clubs and the national team from European competitions will definitely not last two or three years. I think that in less than two years we will be returned to Europe,” Russian media quote Onopko’s optimistic forecast.

Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Ilya Shkurin, who left Polish Rakow at the end of his loan period, has already found himself a new club.

The ex-Dynamo player will spend the upcoming season as part of the Israeli club Maccabi from Petah Tikva. In the Promised Land, the striker will also play on loan: his contract until the summer of 2024 belongs to CSKA Moscow.

Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Ilya Shkurin, who has been playing for the Polish Rakow since the end of last February, is leaving the club.

This was officially announced by the press service of the Poles, noting that the contract with the 23-year-old Belarusian was terminated by mutual agreement.

The ex-Dynamo player joined Rakov at the end of February this year on loan from CSKA Moscow. He made his debut for the Red-Blues on March 19 in the match of the Polish Championship against Legia Warsaw. In total, he played 2 matches for Rakov.

Dynamo Kyiv President Igor Surkis commented on Shakhtar's position regarding the exclusion of the RFU from UEFA and FIFA.

— Shakhtar performed correctly. Well, for now, they were excluded for an unclear period. We can say - let's exclude, let's expel. But it's just that we're throwing words into the air. There are regulations. The war began, Russian athletes were thrown out of all competitions. They don't play anywhere today. I think until the war stops, a peace treaty is signed, they will not play anywhere. And in the peace treaty it will be concluded that we will return our territories.

Football is on the rise for them - they advertise to themselves that it is on the rise. We will see in 2-3 years what kind of rise they will have if the whole world plays in European competitions. The Champions League will be completely reorganized next year. The Europa League and the Conference League are all being reorganized. Football today is a lot of money. Could you imagine before that a football player would cost, say, 200 million? When we once sold Shevchenko for 25 million, it seemed to us that this was an incredible amount. And today 20-25 million in football is the same as before, probably 1.5-2 million. Everything is changing.

So it hurts for them, trust me, they don't participate. I heard Palkin's statement. And I heard that they are going against FIFA regarding legionnaires. I think it's their right. In this situation, they should not have lost money. They paid money for these players, and today they give the players the opportunity to leave almost for free. there is a moment here. Let's say a football player has a year of contract. The club can sell it. But if it were written that, having gone on lease, the contract is automatically extended for this year. The war is over - the person has one more year of the contract, he can be sold.

I want to return to the Verbic example. He left beautifully, we said goodbye, even came to our match with Sturm in Poland, we hugged. But he had a six-month contract. And if he would say: “My child has just been born, I will leave for six months. If everything is over, I will come for the next six months, finish the game - and we may extend the contract." All. His contract expired after six months. FIFA did not give me the opportunity to renew this contract. You see, there are many such players. Tete, as far as I heard, his contract at Shakhtar ended in a year, Solomon. Therefore, they set conditions that they had to sell their players much cheaper than they cost on the market,” said Igor Mikhailovich Tribune.

French midfielder Damien Le Talec has signed a contract with Moscow club Torpedo.

The 32-year-old football player last season played for the Greek club AEK from the city of Athens (30 matches, 1 goal in all tournaments).

It is interesting that from 2012 to 2014, Le Talek played for Uzhhorod "Hoverla" (44 matches, 7 goals in two seasons), after which he terminated his contract due to the situation in Ukraine and went to Russia to play for "Mordovia" from Saransk.

Former midfielder of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR national team Igor Dobrovolsky believes that Russian football players have been ruined by money - they have no desire to play in top championships, because they will not be paid such salaries as in Russia.

“Our players are spoiled by money. They really have no desire to play abroad. They will never be given in Europe as much as they receive in Russia. The same Miranchuk left for a lower salary than he had in Lokomotiv. And the guy did the right thing. You won't earn all the money. Probably, others are simply not invited,” Dobrovolsky told the “Championship”.