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The former forward of “Dynamo”, “Milan” and the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko commented on the game of Roma player Artem Dovbyk in the first half of this season.

“The team had a difficult start to the season, which made these six months hard for Dovbyk as well. However, he is a very motivated player, with a wealth of valuable knowledge gained abroad. He will find his rhythm, and we expect stable and strong performances from him in the second half of the season,” quoted Shevchenko by the portal Romanews.eu.

Today, the head coach of Dynamo, Oleksandr Shovkovsky, is celebrating his 50th anniversary. The club president, Igor Surkis, congratulated the coach on this milestone.

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Ukrainian coach and expert Sergey Nagornyak, who was disqualified for two years in 1997 for taking a banned substance (bromantan), gave advice to Ukrainian midfielder of London’s Chelsea, Mykhailo Mudryk. As we know, he also tested positive for doping, and now he faces a ban of 2-4 years.

— The news about Mudryk’s positive doping test was unpleasant. It’s very sad for the guy.

— What would you advise him, considering your experience in a similar situation?

— I could only advise patience and endurance.

Andrei Pisarenko

The Georgian forward of Italian Napoli, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, has agreed to sign a new contract with his club, reports Corriere dello Sport.

According to the source, the new agreement will be valid until 2029, and under its terms, the annual salary of the 23-year-old footballer will increase fourfold: from 1.5 million euros to 6 million euros.

Kvaratskhelia's current contract with Napoli is valid until the summer of 2027. According to Transfermarkt, his transfer value is currently 85 million euros.

The English "Bournemouth" does not intend to part ways with its Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarnyi this winter, reports GiveMeSport.

Moreover, according to the source, the leadership of the "Cherries" has taken a tough and categorical stance on this matter and is confident that the club will be able to retain the talented 22-year-old footballer in their ranks.

Recall that, according to media reports, Zabarnyi is in the spotlight of French PSG, English "Manchester United," "Liverpool," "Chelsea," and "Tottenham," as well as Spanish "Real Madrid."

The player himself recently signed a new contract with "Bournemouth" until the summer of 2029.

The portal Fantacalcio, summarizing the results of 2024, compiled a ranking of the ten best players of the first half of the current Italian championship (after 18 rounds) based on evaluations from leading sports publications.

At the top of the ranking is Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella. Meanwhile, Ukrainian striker of Roma Artem Dovbik did not make it into the top ten at all.

TOP-10 players of Serie A based on the results of the first part of the season

1. Nicolo Barella (Inter)

2. Moise Kean (Fiorentina)

3. Federico Dimarco (Inter)

4. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter)

5. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta)

6. Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli)

7. Alex Meret (Napoli)

8. Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)

9. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli)

10. Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta).

It should be noted that in the current season Dovbik has played 23 matches for Roma in all competitions, scoring 9 goals and providing 3 assists. In Serie A, the Ukrainian has 5 goals and 3 assists in 16 matches.

The forward of Alexandria, Alexander Filippov, shared his thoughts on the recent matches of his team against Kyiv Dynamo (0:0, 0:3) in the current Ukrainian championship.

"We can divide these two matches with 'Dynamo'. Regarding the first game, Ruslan Petrovich (Rotan, head coach of "Alexandria," - ed.) probably said it correctly that we lacked aggression and we acted a bit timidly.

Near Dynamo's goal, we lacked finishing, and we were afraid to take initiative. We had few shots, although we had good conditions for that. We lacked cold-bloodedness and confidence in taking more control of the game and putting ourselves in a shooting position. We simply lacked sharpness in the finishing stage.

As for the second match, we can say we lost due to some individual mistakes. After that, we couldn't recover and find our game. But still, we didn't rush and tried to create moments. But in a match against 'Dynamo', when you are losing 2:0 away, it's certainly tough. We allowed Dynamo to play their game. They are especially strong on counterattacks and using the flanks. And we gave them many opportunities for that," said Filippov.

As reported by Dynamo.kiev.ua, the information that the defender of Lviv’s Rukh, Bohdan Slyubik, will move to Kyiv’s Dynamo without a trial is not accurate.

The 20-year-old footballer will go with Dynamo to a training camp in Turkey, and there he will have two weeks to prove himself to the coaching staff of Dynamo. During this period, Slyubik will be actively involved in the friendly matches that are planned by the 'white-blues'.

And only after that will Dynamo’s head coach Oleksandr Shovkovskyi and his assistants make a decision regarding the feasibility of involving Slyubik in the team.

An outbreak of syphilis has been recorded in the Argentine club Boca Juniors. This diagnosis has been identified in three players of the team, reports local insider Federico Flowers on social media.

The source notes that the club is shocked by this information. All players and coaches are currently undergoing examinations to rule out the possibility of more infected individuals.

It is also reported that the management of Boca Juniors tried to hide this situation, but the information has leaked beyond the club.

The names of the infected players have not been disclosed yet.

Let us remind you that syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection.

Today’s date gifted the world a large number of famous personalities who closely tied their lives to football:

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The publication fichajes.com compiled its version of the ranking of 15 young talented footballers who could become the highlight of the winter transfer window.

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Midfielder of Kyiv’s Dynamo Vladimir Brazhko is in the sights of Lisbon’s Benfica, reports McQueeИ Infos.

According to the source, scouts from the Portuguese club were present at a recent match of the "white-blue" team against the Spanish Real Sociedad (0:3) in the Europa League to observe the 22-year-old "defensive midfielder" of Kyiv.

However, it is too early to talk about a potential transfer for Brazhko: Benfica is still studying the information collected about the Dynamo player.

Recall that earlier it was reported that Brazhko is also of interest to the English club Bournemouth.