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Yuri Semin: the man who can’t say no when Lokomotiv Moscow call | Jonathan Wilson
He has been both a player and a president of the Russian club, and the 71-year-old is now in his fourth stint as manager which included last season’s remarkable title triumph Never go back, they say, but Yuri Semin has never been somebody to place too much store by conventional wisdom. He is 71 now, his eyes more watery than ever, and this is his fourth stint in charge of Lokomotiv Moscow. In total, he’s managed them for more than two decades. To a large extent, Semin is the club and that they are playing Schalke in the Champions League on Wednesday is to a large degree down to him. Semin first became manager of Lokomotiv in 1986. He had a year away in 1991, managing New Zealand’s Olympic team – a typically unconventional move for a coach who manages to combine supreme practicality and the dress sense of a maverick 70s TV cop with the sense that he spends half his life gazing into another realm – before returning for 15 more years at Lokomotiv. First he saved them from bankruptcy, buying shares that he still owns, and then he made them a regular top six club. In 1996, he led Lokomotiv to the Russian Cup, their first trophy since winning the Soviet Cup 39 years earlier. They won it again the following year, and again in 2000 and 2001. And then, in 2002, Semin ended Spartak’s long hegemony and won the league for the first time in the club’s history. Two years later, they won it again. Semin finally left for the Russia national job in 2005 but two years later he was back at Lokomotiv, this time as president, only to be sacked after a poor season. He went to Ukraine and won the league with Dynamo Kyiv, but returned against to Lokomotiv in 2009. Again, though, disappointing form led to him being dismissed. All reason said he shouldn’t return again in 2016, but he did. Lok signed just one player for a fee that summer and made a net profit of £12m on transfers. They are not a rich club. The following season their net spend was £2.5m. In 2017-18 it was £3m. And yet, for the third time in their history, each of them under Semin, they won the league. It was a barely conceivable success. Theirs was not, in any sense, a team of stars. They had Eder, the former Swansea City striker who scored the winner in the Euro 2016 final; the veteran Peruvian winger Jefferson Farfán; and Ari, the Brazilian forward who won a Dutch title under Louis van Gaal at AZ; but their key player was the captain, Igor Denisov, his performances an indication of what Semin does best. Denisov is 34 now, his career a catalogue of fresh starts gone sour. A decade ago, when he excelled at Euro 2008, he seemed one of the brightest holding midfielders in Europe. But his personality keeps getting in the way. Denisov is difficult. He broke the nose of a driving instructor after a learner under tuition almost crashed into his SUV. He left Zenit after a string of controversies. He scrapped with a coach when a refereeing decision in a training game went against him, then kicked the ball a
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni: I have not talked to Sergio Aguero about return
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmail Argentina's interim coach Lionel Scaloni says he has not contacted Sergio Aguero to discuss a possible return to the national team despite the Manchester City striker's excellent start to the season. Aguero, the second leading scorer in the Premier League with five goals, played for Argentina at this summer's World Cup in Russia but did not feature in two friendlies last month: a 3-0 win over Guatemala in Los Angeles and a 0-0 draw with Colombia in New York. The 30-year-old will not be in the squad for the game against Iraq on Oct. 11, or the clash vs. Brazil five days later, both being played in Saudi Arabia. Scaloni, who has made a point to call up young players since replacing former coach Jorge Sampaoli, has spoken to veterans Angel Di Maria and Ever Banega to explain his decision not to include them in the squad, yet has not done the same with Aguero.Fantasy Play ESPN Fantasy Soccer Pick your eight-man team and compete in the Champions League, Premier League, La Liga or Liga MX, then go head-to-head in leagues against your friends or people around the world. Sign up for free! How to play ESPN Fantasy Soccer Your team will be made up of eight players, at four different positions: two forwards, three midfielders, two defenders, and a goalkeeper. Find out more here. - Newcomers to pick and avoid - Champions League names to know - La Liga names to know - Breaking down ESPN's scoring system "I'm not surprised by his [Aguero's] level, it's the same as always," Scaloni told a news conference. "But I have not spoken to him. We want to try for the players that are coming now to give their all, the strikers that we have now have the possibility to prove that they can play for the national team." Scaloni spoke with Lionel Messi, who has taken a break from the national team after captaining the side to the round of 16 at the World Cup in Russia. However, the Barcelona superstar has not indicated when, or even if, he will play for his country again. "We only spoke about this call-up," Scaloni said. "We didn't speak about what can happen in the future. We spoke about the present and about how the team played because he always watched everything. We didn't discuss any other issue." One player from Argentina's World Cup squad that has returned to the squad is Aguero's teammate at City, Nicolas Otamendi. The 30-year-old centre-back was left out of Scaloni's first squad selection but is back with the Albiceleste. "We've called up Otamendi because we believe he is a valid player to be in the national team," Scaloni added. "We spoke with him and we explained to him what we wanted."
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
With Old Trafford currently resembling a passable imitation of the snake-filled Well of Souls into which Indiana Jones was temporarily sealed in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Manchester United will probably welcome an away trip, even if it is to the Premier League’s most ludicrous ground. With the exception of their lamentable surrender to Brighton at the Amex Stadium, Manchester United have performed better on the road than at home this season and now face a West Ham side that has rediscovered what passes for its mojo after starting the season with four consecutive league defeats. Declan Rice has been instrumental in their revival, acting as a defensive shield to a back four that has become compact and tight. Having neutralised Chelsea and scored eight past hapless Macclesfield in the past week, West Ham’s confidence is likely to be considerably higher than that of a Manchester United side who were outplayed by both Wolves and Derby County in the same period. Another poor result will prompt more tedious but unavoidable questions about José Mourinho’s future at the club and – far more seriously – may even have an adverse effect on the Apple Store rating of United’s mobile app. BG • West Ham v Manchester United, Saturday 12.30pm BST • Pogba’s agent to hold Man Utd talks in November over future • Cristiano Ronaldo’s one-game ban clears him to face Man Utd • Daniel Taylor: Mourinho’s scowl sums up Manchester United mood There has been relatively little scrutiny so far on the world’s most expensive goalkeeper, largely because Kepa has not had a great deal to do since Chelsea bought him for around £5m more than Liverpool paid for Alisson three weeks previously. He looked a trifle shaky early on in his debut against Huddersfield and was at fault for Arsenal’s first goal in the following match but neither of those sides, nor any other, were able to put him through a really searching examination. That will probably change on Saturday, when Liverpool can be expected to give him his more serious test of the season so far. Something similar could be said of Allison at the other end, although he is more experienced and, what is more, has a stronger defence in front of him. PD • Chelsea v Liverpool, Saturday 5.30pm BST • Paul Wilson: Kepa and Alisson show youth beats experience for keepers • Hazard offers hope of signing new contract at Chelsea • Chelsea are match for Liverpool but Kanté poses midfield puzzle Here is a fact: Arsenal are not playing as well as their recent results suggest. Here is another: it does not particularly matter. Last Sunday they were largely bailed out by wasteful Everton finishing and an egregious misjudgment by the officials; it was hardly fun and games in the wins over West Ham, Cardiff and Newcastle either but the results are, at least against the lesser sides, trickling in. It is a huge help to Umai Emery, who you suspect will need an entire season to really cement the cultural and stylistic changes he requires. There are s
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
With Old Trafford currently resembling a passable imitation of the snake-filled Well of Souls into which Indiana Jones was temporarily sealed in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Manchester United will probably welcome an away trip, even if it is to the Premier League’s most ludicrous ground. With the exception of their lamentable surrender to Brighton at the Amex Stadium, Manchester United have performed better on the road than at home this season and now face a West Ham side that has rediscovered what passes for its mojo after starting the season with four consecutive league defeats. Declan Rice has been instrumental in their revival, acting as a defensive shield to a back four that has become compact and tight. Having neutralised Chelsea and scored eight past hapless Macclesfield in the past week, West Ham’s confidence is likely to be considerably higher than that of a Manchester United side who were outplayed by both Wolves and Derby County in the same period. Another poor result will prompt more tedious but unavoidable questions about José Mourinho’s future at the club and – far more seriously – may even have an adverse effect on the Apple Store rating of United’s mobile app. BG • West Ham v Manchester United, Saturday 12.30pm BST • Pogba’s agent to hold Man Utd talks in November over future • Cristiano Ronaldo’s one-game ban clears him to face Man Utd • Daniel Taylor: Mourinho’s scowl sums up Manchester United mood There has been relatively little scrutiny so far on the world’s most expensive goalkeeper, largely because Kepa has not had a great deal to do since Chelsea bought him for around £5m more than Liverpool paid for Alisson three weeks previously. He looked a trifle shaky early on in his debut against Huddersfield and was at fault for Arsenal’s first goal in the following match but neither of those sides, nor any other, were able to put him through a really searching examination. That will probably change on Saturday, when Liverpool can be expected to give him his more serious test of the season so far. Something similar could be said of Allison at the other end, although he is more experienced and, what is more, has a stronger defence in front of him. PD • Chelsea v Liverpool, Saturday 5.30pm BST • Paul Wilson: Kepa and Alisson show youth beats experience for keepers • Hazard offers hope of signing new contract at Chelsea • Chelsea are match for Liverpool but Kanté poses midfield puzzle Here is a fact: Arsenal are not playing as well as their recent results suggest. Here is another: it does not particularly matter. Last Sunday they were largely bailed out by wasteful Everton finishing and an egregious misjudgment by the officials; it was hardly fun and games in the wins over West Ham, Cardiff and Newcastle either but the results are, at least against the lesser sides, trickling in. It is a huge help to Umai Emery, who you suspect will need an entire season to really cement the cultural and stylistic changes he requires. There are s
Bundesliga fans give DFB the silent treatment as Dortmund hit seven
It was almost surreal. Signal Iduna Park, that fullest and famously atmospheric of European grounds, was reduced to a murmur on match night. You could repeatedly hear the sound of boot on ball as a crowd of 75,000 sat in near silence, a vigil only broken for a modest cheer as Jacob Bruun Larsen scored to give hosts Borussia Dortmund an early lead against Nürnberg. Dortmund wasn’t alone in the domestic season’s first Englische Woche, with supporters across all the midweek Bundesliga fixtures electing not to chant, sing, drum or support in any audible way during the first 20 minutes of their respective games, in protest at the Deutscher Fußball-Bund’s (DFB) position in the standoff between the governing body and various supporter groups. The fans’ statement, short and to the point, was reprised on banners in enclosures at both ends of the stadiums. “DFB, DFL & Co. Ihr werdet von uns hören, oder auch nicht.” You will hear from us, or not. Talks between the authorities and supporter group representatives broke down in late August, with a coalition of supporters from different clubs releasing a terse statement accusing the DFB of having no real intention to listen, despite promises of meaningful dialogue between the two sides stretching back more than 12 months. “We increasingly got the impression that as in previous decades, they were only using media-friendly words to avoid any actual action,” wrote the supporters collective led by fans from clubs including Hertha and Stuttgart. A joint statement in reply from the DFB and DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) dismissed many of the complaints, pointedly levelling the charge that “any exchange (between the two parties) must be objective and fact-based”. Last season’s protests included those at Mainz and Dortmund against Monday night fixtures – the mass throwing of tennis balls on the pitch at the former was reprised just last weekend in Switzerland as Young Boys supporters showed their displeasure with the growing importance given to eSports by clubs, while the latter produced BVB’s lowest home attendance at a Bundesliga match for 20 years against Augsburg. At a time when the Bundesliga is marketing itself extremely effectively on the international stage on the back of its widely enjoyed fan experience in the stadiums (“football as it’s meant to be” is the competition’s strap line), some of the faithful are complaining that the matchday experience for the regulars is becoming worse. The rollout of VAR, and the lack of a flow of information for the spectators inside stadiums while decisions are made, is another widely-held bugbear. The August statement from fans complained that the game was being “torn even further away from its cultural and social roots and gutted on the altar of profit and greed”. One of the other main issues is that of collective punishment, something that many Dortmund fans feel especially strongly about. It was after disturbances surrounding the February 2017 game with RB Leipzig that
Juventus' Paulo Dybala breaks duck; Napoli stay second; Roma hit four
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmail Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala scored his first goal of the season to set the Serie A leaders on the way to a 2-0 win over Bologna on Wednesday, which maintained their 100 percent start to the league campaign. Juve, with 18 points from six games, will take a three-point lead into Saturday's match at home to bitter rivals Napoli after last season's runners-up comfortably disposed of Parma 3-0 with a brace from striker Arkadiusz Milik. Bologna produced a shock win over Roma at the weekend but their resistance lasted only 12 minutes against the defending champions, who are aiming for an eighth successive Serie A title. Dybala set up Blaise Matuidi for a shot which was parried by goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski and the Argentine followed up to score from the rebound, his first Juventus goal since May 5, which was coincidentally against the same opponents.Serie A Watch on ESPN networks in the U.S. ESPN has reached an exclusive, multi-year rights agreement in the United States for Italy's Serie A TIM, one of the world's top soccer leagues. The agreement will bring more than 340 matches per season to ESPN+ | Schedule LISTEN: The Serie Awesome Podcast In the second episode of The Serie Awesome Podcast, Gab Marcotti, Mina Rzouki and Paolo Bandini discuss the latest happenings in Serie A. Plus, how long will Cristiano Ronaldo be out after his first Champions League red card? Confessions of a failed Ronaldo fan Brian Phillips: For some reason, Cristiano Ronaldo has as many haters as fans. Do we have the new Juventus star all wrong? Dybala also had a hand in the second four minutes later, his cross finding Cristiano Ronaldo for the Portuguese to knock back across the goal where Matuidi scored from a difficult angle. Napoli's win was equally straightforward after Lorenzo Insigne gave them a fourth-minute lead against promoted Parma. Milik fired in from long range early in the second half and the Pole turned in the third from close range in the 87th minute to give Carlo Ancelotti's team a fifth win in six games. New signings Joaquin Correa and Francesco Acerbi scored to give Lazio a 2-1 win at Udinese which kept them third, three points behind Napoli. Acerbi, signed from Sassuolo, turned in a rebound on the hour and Argentine midfielder Correa got off the mark following his move from Sevilla with a solo goal six minutes later. Lazio had to cling on, however, after Bram Nuytinck pulled one back with an overhead kick with 10 minutes left. AS Roma ended a five-match winless run in all competitions by thumping Frosinone 4-0 with Cengiz Under, Javier Pastore, Stephan El Shaarawy and Aleksandar Kolarov sharing the goals. Under rifled in a long-range effort after two minutes, Pastore back-heeled the second and El Shaarawy tapped in from Under's assist for the third after only 35 minutes. Kolarov capped the win three minutes from fulltime. Promoted Frosinone have yet to score a goal and have leaked 16 in their six
Transfer Talk: Paul Pogba will try to force Manchester United exit
FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmail The transfer window for all of Europe's big five leagues is closed, but that doesn't stop Transfer Talk from rummaging around about who will be moving where come January.Pogba to force United exit Paul Pogba is determined to force an exit from Manchester United after enduring yet another falling out with manager Jose Mourinho. The pair were filmed exchanging barbs at the United training ground on Wednesday, supposedly over an ill-timed Instagram post shared by Pogba during the previous night's Carabao Cup defeat against Derby County. The Telegraph now reports that the French midfielder has reached the end of his tether with Mourinho and will try to engineer a move away from Old Trafford at the next available opportunity. Specifically, Pogba is hankering to join Barcelona, having reportedly told United vice chairman Ed Woodward as much in a secret meeting ahead of the Red Devils' opening match of the season.Fantasy Play ESPN Fantasy Soccer Pick your eight-man team and compete in the Champions League, Premier League, La Liga or Liga MX, then go head-to-head in leagues against your friends or people around the world. Sign up for free! How to play ESPN Fantasy Soccer Your team will be made up of eight players, at four different positions: two forwards, three midfielders, two defenders, and a goalkeeper. Find out more here. - Newcomers to pick and avoid - Champions League names to know - La Liga names to know - Breaking down ESPN's scoring system Ramsey to leave Arsenal Aaron Ramsey is to leave Arsenal next summer after seeing talks about a new contract break down past the point of being salvageable. According to the Mirror, there is no offer on the table for the Welshman, which means he would be walking away from the Emirates for free when his current deal expires at the end of this season. The 27-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to AC Milan, who have just appointed former Arsenal board member Ivan Gazidis their new chief executive. The Mirror adds that the Gunners are understood to have turned down a £50 million bid for Ramsey last summer, with Juventus, Chelsea, Manchester United and Lazio all interested in purloining the midfielder on a bargain freebie.Arsenal keep tabs on Sarr Arsenal fans are apparently all aquiver after it was revealed that the club's scouting shaman, Sven Mislintat, has identified a player dubbed "the new Ousmane Dembele." Putting aside the fact that Dembele is still only 21, the Gunners are reported by the Mirror to be keeping a close eye on winger Ismaila Sarr, who plays for Dembele's former club Rennes. Mislintat was the driving force behind Borussia Dortmund's acquisition of Dembele two years ago, and it is claimed that the German, now chief scout at the Emirates, is looking to repeat the feat to land Sarr. However, Rennes are unwilling to let the 20-year-old Senegal international, who featured at the World Cup, leave in January, so Arsenal might be force
European roundup: Barcelona and Real Madrid both shocked in Spain
European club football • Barça suffer first defeat of season, beaten 2-1 at Leganés • Real Madrid humbled 3-0 at Sevilla as André Silva hits two Last-placed Leganés came from behind to beat Barcelona and hand the defending La Liga champions their second setback in four days. Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring early, but the hosts rallied with goals in thee second-half minutes to earn their first win in six league games this season. Leganés’ winner came thanks to a blunder by Gerard Piqué, who misplayed a clearance inside the area. Óscar Rodríguez, a former member of Real Madrid’s youth teams who is on loan with Leganés, took advantage of Piqué’s uncharacteristic mistake to score the 52nd-minute winner. European roundup: Bayern’s run ends while Inter scrape past Fiorentina Read more It came just after Nabil El Zhar had equalised with a header from close range following a long ball into the Barcelona area. The Leganés goalkeeper, Iván Cuéllar, made a series of great saves near the end to preserve the victory. The Madrid side had never earned a point against Barcelona in their three seasons in the first division, and this was their first win of this campaign and moved them out of the bottom three. Real Madrid missed the chance to take over at the top of the table after they crashed to a 3-0 defeat at a rampant Sevilla, losing for the first time in La Liga under coach Julen Lopetegui. Portuguese striker André Silva gave Sevilla the perfect start against the European champions and joint league leaders by scoring from close range in the 17th minute and AC Milan loanee Silva pounced four minutes later after poor goalkeeping from Thibaut Courtois, netting for the sixth time this season and moving above Lionel Messi as the top scorer in Spain. Gareth Bale almost pulled one back for Real when his shot struck the post, but Sevilla were relentless throughout the first half and Wissam Ben Yedder scored the third on 39 minutes for his sixth goal in a week, after a hat-trick in the 6-2 win against Levante and two in the 5-1 Europa League victory over Standard Liège. Elsewhere the former Everton defender Ramiro Funes Mori was among the scorers as Villarreal won 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao, while Michy Batshuayi was on target for Valencia in their 1-1 draw with Celta Vigo. Reus reaches his century as Dortmund hit seven Marco Reus was in inspired form to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 7-0 Bundesliga hammering of Nürnberg and cut Bayern Munich’s lead at the top to two points. Reus scored twice, his second his 100th for the club, while the English teenager Jadon Sancho was also on target as was Achraf Hakimi on his Bundesliga debut, while further goals came from Jacob Bruun Larsen, Manuel Akanji and Julian Weigl. A pair of second-half goals from Kevin Volland gave Bayer Leverkusen a 2-1 win at Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Borussia Monchengladbach returned to winning ways with a 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt. RB Leipzig scored a goal in each h
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