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"Polissya" is targeting a player from the Albanian national team. The Zhytomyr team plans to strengthen at least two positions this winter - a forward and a right defender.

“TaToTake” reported new details of the scandalous story regarding the suspension for 6 months of UAF delegate Valeriy Lyutyi.

“The main reason for the prohibition of holding the match at the “Molodizhny” stadium in Poltava was the absence of an official permit from the military administration of the Poltava region among the nominal hosts of the field (FC “Olimpiya”). Without this document, holding matches of such a level is impossible. This is something the UAF delegate could not have been unaware of. Nevertheless, the match was held and played.

Now it is already known how, why, and for how much,” — it is said in the message.

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim commented on the outcome of the match against Ipswich, which took place as part of the 12th round of the English Championship.

— If you watched the first half, you could see that the players were somewhat afraid. It’s difficult to assess the players and tactics when we practically had no training sessions. We trained together for only two days, so some were a bit confused.

At this stage, it’s hard to instill the basic requirements. Some things we are doing are delayed, and we need to work on them. 3−4−3 doesn’t raise any warnings. Understanding the game — that’s what we need to improve.

This is a difficult league. You realize that from the first moment. We have been working with the team for only two days, so it's hard to understand everything right away, — said Ruben Amorim.

UEFA appointed referees for the 5th round of the main stage of the Europa League match between Kyiv's Dynamo and the Czech Viktoria, which will take place this Thursday, November 28, in Hamburg.

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Former head coach of “Zorya”, “Vorskla” and “Metalist 1925” Viktor Skrypnyk — on the main trends, tendencies, and personalities of domestic football.

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The head coach of the Czech club Victoria, Miroslav Koubek, complained about his team\'s difficult schedule before the match against Kyiv\'s Dynamo in the 5th round of the group stage of the Europa League.

«We have seven matches in the next three weeks. It\'s a real slaughter for the players. Someone must have lost their mind to create such a schedule. Although, of course, we must understand that everything has been exacerbated because one round of the Czech championship was postponed due to flooding.

It\'s not easy to stay in shape all the time when playing in such a mode. And some dips in performance and results are unavoidable,» Koubek said at a press conference after Saturday\'s match against Hradec Králové (1:0) in the Czech championship.

Let us remind you that the match between Dynamo and Victoria will take place this Thursday, November 28, in Hamburg.

The Leicester bosses are trying to invite the former Brighton coach Graham Potter to the team, reports The Independent.

According to the source, after the dismissal of Steve Cooper, Leicester is actively considering Graham Potter’s candidacy. Leicester wanted to appoint Potter last summer, but negotiations were difficult because Graham hoped to receive an invitation from a more serious club. At that time, the Foxes called Cooper to replace Enzo Maresca, who moved to Chelsea.

It is worth noting that the shortlist of Leicester includes Dutch specialist Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Famous journalist Mykola Nesenuk shared his views on the VAR video assistance system for referees on his Facebook page.

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The San Marino national football team decided to have some fun at the expense of English "Manchester City" due to this club's five consecutive losses.

"Hello! Please play against us. We think we will beat you," the San Marino national team said in a message posted in response to Manchester City's Twitter publication about the heavy defeat to "Tottenham" (0:4) last Saturday.

It should be added that in the last five matches, Manchester City lost three times in the English Premier League and once each in the English League Cup and the Champions League.

News from the camp of one of the remaining opponents of Kyiv Dynamo in the main stage of the Europa League. The Russian midfielder of Spanish Real Sociedad, Arsen Zakharian, who was close to returning to the field after an injury, has once again found himself in the infirmary of his team.

The press service of Real Sociedad reported that the 21-year-old footballer has a muscle injury, and the timeline for his return is currently unknown.

In August, Zakharian underwent surgery after an injury to the tendon of his right ankle, but in October he returned to training. He has not played a single match this season.

As a reminder, Dynamo will play against Real Sociedad in the 6th round of the main stage of the Europa League. This match will take place on December 12 at the home ground of the Spanish club.