First of all, apologies for the technical issues. Luckily we got to the crux of the issue, but could not unfortunately salvage James' track, which is still suffering from some distortion.

Russia finally secured their first win at a European Championships since 2012 with a well-controlled 1-0 victory over Finland. Aleksey Miranchuk was the difference between the two, as James & David are joined by Mark and Rich of the Finnish Football Show website & podcast.

Give the lads a follow & check their work out at:

• Finnish Football Show Podcast on all your favourite platforms

• @FCSuomi on Twitter

• finnishfootballshow.com

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:35 - Finland 0-1 Russia in Review

35:22 - Outro

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We're back for the Euros, as James & Rich are joined by Ben Jackson of the Belgian Football Podcast to review the opening match of Group B for Russia, as they lost 3-0 at home to Belgium in St Petersburg.

Follow Ben @benjack94 and the Belgian Football Podcast @BelgianPodcast on Twitter!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

04:50 - Review of Russia 0-3 Belgium

47:10 - Outro

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This week, James, David & Rich celebrate the end of the RPL 2020/21 season by selecting our individual team of best players.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

02:31 - Goalkeeper

08:20 - Defence

29:10 - Central Midfield

37:05 - Attacking Midfield

58:34 - Forwards

1:08:01 - News in Brief & Outro

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James & David reconvene to evaluate this season's best FNL players, handing out some awards and discussing who else impressed over the course of the year.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - Player of the Season

06:46 - Player of the Season who is not Ivan Sergeev

15:12 - Young Player of the Season

26:10 - Manager of the Season

32:48 - Biggest Surprise (Team or Player)

40:30 - Best Signing

44:00 - Outro

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This week, James, David & Rich celebrate the end of the RPL 2020/21 season by handing out our various awards of the season, both good and bad.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

02:58 - Player of the Season

07:29 - Young Player of the Season

15:12 - Manager of the Season

29:58 - Surprise (Player or Team) of the Season

40:23 - Best Signing

46:00 - Worst Signing

52:43 - Best Moment of the Season

59:45 - Worst Moment of the Season

01:03:30 - Goal of the Season

01:08:34 - The Most Leonid Slutsky Moment of Leonid Slutsky's Career

01:20:17 - The Most Bankrupt Club of the Last Decade

01:27:54 - Outro

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This week on the pod, James, David and Rich analyse the Cup of Russia final as Lokomotiv won their 4th in just the last 6 years, cast an eye over the latest Russia squads both at a senior and U21 level and look ahead to the final game week of the season with two European spots and one automatic relegation place still to be determined.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:45 - Loko beat Krylia in the Russian Cup Final

20:49 - Sbornaya Squad Analysis

43:04 - Game of the Week & Final Round Ramifications

01:02:13 - This Week's News

01:06:00 - Outro

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This week on the pod, James, David and Rich celebrate Zenit's third RPL title victory in a row, take a look at the debacle surrounding the FNL promotion race as only one of the top six were granted an RPL license and finish off discussing the rumours around Spartak's potential new head coach, with Rui Vitoria the current frontrunner.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - Zenit's Triple Title

19:38 - FNL to RPL Licensing Debacle

46:20 - Is Rui Vitoria the man to replace Tedesco at Spartak?

58:07 - Outro

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This week on the RFN Podcast, the usual team discussed the race for the final European spot, as Rubin, Sochi, CSKA and Dynamo all sit level on 46 points as they battle for Conference League qualification. Then, we explore all the recent games in the FNL before finishing off with a deep-dive into Ufa's recent semi-resurgence under Aleksei Stukalov.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:44 - Race for Europe

24:08 - Last week's FNL Action

38:05 - Stukalov's Early work at Ufa

49:50 - Outro & Socials

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In a bumper episode of the pod, we explore some more eclectic aspects of football of late. RPL action took place as usual at the weekend, but midweek we also saw the Cup of Russia semi-finals and the world has been gripped by the Super League controversy.

To cover all that and more are James Nickels, Richard Pike, and Misha Polenov of Match TV.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

02:10 - Lokomotiv's 10th win in a row

11:02 - Dynamo ease past Rotor

14:28 - Krasnodar & Zenit share the spoils

19:45 - Refereeing in Russia

26:40 - Sochi beat CSKA in the race for Europe

30:40 - Ufa embarrass Spartak

45:36 - Loko steams towards the Cup final

52:11 - FNL Krylia beats Akhmat in the other semi

01:04:26 - The "Russian Position" on the Super League

01:09:25 - General thoughts on the ESL

1:20:50 - How the ESL could affect the RPL

01:30:20 - The Long-Term Ramifications

01:45:00 - Latest News in Russian Football

01:46:11 - Outro & Socials

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This week on the RFN Podcast, the usual team take stock of the entire RPL. With 5 games left to go in the season, we run down how the sides in the respective league battles are fairing. Before finishing David and Richard run down some recent FNL action and then James runs down the big news of the week.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

00:50 - Zenit running away with it?

05:20 - Moscow Derby & Title Race Repercussions

14:56 - The Final European Spot

31:50 - Boring Mid-Table Stuff

42:05 - Relegation Battle

45:15 - FNL Highlights

51:12 - News Roundup

55:26 - Outro

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