The UCL: Juventus meet Monaco to decide the first finalist

After beating Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals, Juventus are getting ready to make the last step towards the final.

In the semifinals against Monaco, Juventus look like an obvious favorite even though the French club defeated Manchester City and Borussia in the previous playoff stages. However, the Italians should not repeat the mistakes made by those clubs. Unlike City and Dortmund who played defensively horrible against Monaco, Juventus are one of the best European clubs in terms defensive game. Their performance against Barcelona at Camp Nou is the best example of how to play in defense. The Zebras did not allow the Spanish club, who has the best attack in the world, to shoot on target even once…(read more)

El Clasico: Barcelona earn three points as Messi scores his 500th goal

In today’s El Clasico, Barcelona defeated rival Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium to come back to the title race in La Liga.

For Barcelona, the game against Real Madrid was the last chance to win the league title. Before the game, the Blaugrana, who lost a lot of points against underdogs, were three points behind their rivals from Madrid. Only the victory could guarantee Barcelona a chance to end the season successfully…(read more)

World Cup: Canada-Russia. Is there a chance for Russia?

Besides soccer, I also write articles about hockey. Here is the one I wrote for isportsweb.com

With a 3-0 victory over Finland, Russia qualified to the semifinal round of the World Cup, in which the team leading by Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will meet Sydney Crosby’s Canada on Saturday.

Although Russia was not as much impressive as Canada during the group stage, the chances that Russia can knock out Canada exist…(read more)

Ronaldinho retires from soccer soon

Here is my another article from isportsweb.com

One of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldinho, announced his upcoming retirement from soccer at the age of 36.

The former Barcelona and AC Milan player is planning to play for one more year before leaving soccer. By this moment, Ronaldinho has not found a new club yet. The transfer window in Europe closed on Aug. 31, but the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year still can move to China or the United States. However, the chances that Ronaldinho will find a new club in one of these countries are very low. Ronaldinho has not played since 2015. His last club Fluminense annulled the contract after seven games only, so the brilliant career of one of the best players in the world is almost over…(read more)

Rio 2016: Michael Phelps through his all Olympics

Here is my article about Michael Phelps that I wrote for isportsweb.com.

The most decorated athlete and one of the best swimmers of all time Michael Phelps is ready to take part in his fifth Olympics after he qualified in three individual distances during the national championship.

Phelps who has won 22 Olympic medals (18 gold) began his Olympic career at Sydney 2000 where he reached the final in the 200m butterfly being only 15 years old. Four years later, Phelps competed in eight disciplines and won six gold and two bronze medals – outstanding result for a swimmer because usually swimmers compete in 3-4 disciplines. However, he had not reached his peak yet…(read more).

Черевченко учится на ошибках. Что показало нам противостояние с «Фенербахче»

This blog post is about a soccer team from Russia, which I support. I wrote this blog post(in Russian) for one of the sports websites.

Прошел день с того момента, как «Локомотив» в ответном матче Лиги Европы УЕФА сыграл вничью на своем поле с «Фенербахче» и покинул турнир на первой стадии плей-офф. Я не стал писать о матче сразу после игры, ибо писать на горячую голову не следует. Хорошенько обдумав и проанализировав игру, я решил поделиться своими впечатлениями от вчерашней игры, а также высказать свое мнение о выступлении ФК «Локомотив» в розыгрыше Лиги Европы 2015/2016… (read more)

 

FC Barcelona: How to fail a season within one month?

Here, you can read an article I wrote for isportsweb.com . Starting from May 10th, 2016, I’ll be a free writer for this website.

One month ago, no one could think that Barcelona, the best team of the last decade, would lose a 10 points advantage in La Liga over two clubs from Madrid and quit the Champions League at the quarterfinal stage.   The club from Catalonia was considered as the main favorite in the Champions League and La Liga after winning both of them last year. Having players like Suarez, Neymar and Messi in attack, Barcelona defeated everyone on the way to the championship, including Real Madrid with a score 4-0. The highest point of the season 2015\2016 was a record series of 39 games without defeat, but then something went wrong.