Partizan Belgrade midfielder Bibars Natcho’s life story and football career path is as unique as they come. Israel’s national team’s first ever Muslim captain has met BabaGol for an exclusive interview, where he talks about everything - from Tel Aviv, to Kazan, all the way to Moscow and Serbia.
The 2018 World Cup is a distant memory by now. A year and a half after the big summer party in Russia, it’s time to examine how Russian football is coping. The local pool of players and their development, the infrastructure, and the competitiveness of the league - what are there situation heading into the new decade?
Manor Solomon was marked as the hot prospect of Israeli football. After he already rejected an offer to play in Manchester City, Solomon scored against the English side and made another big step to his next stage.
Israel and Poland met in Jerusalem for a dead rubber Euro qualifier. The Poles won easily, and the Israelis played so poorly that one might wonder if it’s due to celebrations of qualifying to the play-off stage.
Dynamo Brest became a household name last year after they had an unsuccessful attempt to integrate Diego Maradona into the club. Now they are in the headlines for the right reasons: This week, they can end the 12 year dominance of BATE Borisov, and win the Belarusian league for the first time.
