Russian Football News Podcast

RFN Podcast #121 - The "German Revolution" in the RPL With Football Radar's Anna Konovalova

This week on the pod, Richard takes over hosting duties and he is joined by Football Radar's Anna Konovalova. Anna is a Moscow-native Spartak fan and an expert in Russian, German and Austrian football. Follow Anna on Twitter: @iamanch @FRFussballAnna @HexenkesselPod - Anna's pod on German football in Russian Thus, the pair discuss the swathes of German specialists taking over at RPL clubs, discuss parallels between Austrian & Russian football and evaluate the Hypercube reforms suggesting following that of the Austrian Bundesliga, and finish off with evaluating all the big events of the past week including; Rui Vitoria's sacking, Paolo Vanoli's arrival at Spartak and all the action from the Dynamo - Zenit match at the top of the table. RFN Socials: Twitter - @RusFootballNews Instagram - rusfootballnews Youtube - Russian Football News Email - russianfootballnews1@gmail.com

RFN Podcast #120 - Spartak's Historic Triumph, Zenit's Excellent Result v Chelsea & Lokomotiv Exist

This week on the pod, it's a red & white takeover as James is joined by Hanu & Alexey to discuss Spartak's second-ever European Group Table-Topping campaign before checking out the rest of the midweek European results. Hanu - @H4nuu & @PodcastWTI Alexey - @loonyspectre Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 04:15 - Spartak's Table-Topping European Campaign 32:34 - Zenit's draw against Chelsea 50:40 - Lokomotiv's Disappointing Campaign 1:06:35 - Outro RFN Socials: Twitter - @RusFootballNews Instagram - rusfootballnews Youtube - Russian Football News Email - russianfootballnews1@gmail.com

RFN Podcast #119 - Zorn @ Lokomotiv, FNL Winter Review & RPL Action

On David's last pod before his Christmas vacation, we take a look at what to expect from Tomas Zorn in his "new" role at Lokomotiv and ask whether or not Ralf Rangnick still exerts his influence at the club from afar. We also review all the latest in the RPL and take a look back at the FNL Winter part of the season as a whole with their break already underway. Timestamps: 01:24 - Zorn's "New" Role 20:48 - FNL Winter Review 37:02 - RPL Action 37:10 - Khimki 3-3 Krasnodar 40:13 - Arsenal 3-1 Lokomotiv 45:08 - Rubin 2-3 Dynamo 52:13 - News in Brief 57:03 - Outro RFN Socials: Twitter - @RusFootballNews Instagram - rusfootballnews Youtube - Russian Football News Email - russianfootballnews1@gmail.com

RFN Podcast #118 - Ralf Rangnick To Manchester United & Spartak Moscow's Win Over Napoli

This week, Rich returns as we all dissect the midweek European games involving Russian sides as Spartak defeat Napoli again. Then, we quickly look at Russia's opponents in the WC 2022 Playoffs draw before delving deep into Ralf Rangnick's time at Lokomotiv & impending move to Manchester United. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:05 - Malmo 1-1 Zenit 14:11 - Spartak 2-1 Napoli 33:06 - Lokomotiv 0-3 Lazio 37:00 - 2022 World Cup Playoff Draw 40:18 - Rangnick to Manchester United 58:51 - Outro RFN Socials: Twitter - @RusFootballNews Instagram - rusfootballnews Youtube - Russian Football News Email - russianfootballnews1@gmail.com

RFN Podcast #117 - No-Russian (Premier League): International Special

James & David focus on the Sbornaya Senior, U21 & U19 squads in an International Football special. We do dive into the RPL right at the end but as the last game week was almost 2 weeks ago now that is old hat, as David stans Karpin & Gladyshev for 20 minutes instead. Timestamps: Intro - 00:00 Sbornaya - 01:10 U21s - 18:17 U19s - 37:18 RPL Catch-Up - 43:49 Outro - 55:51 RFN Socials: Twitter - @RusFootballNews Instagram - rusfootballnews Youtube - Russian Football News Email - russianfootballnews1@gmail.com