Marked for Dmitriy Velisevich
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
Hunter Olson: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Molodechno have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad11 Jan 2027
José Acosta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Molodechno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Krasimir Kapov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
Mikhail Pilipenko wins it after the whistle should have gone
90 minutes played. Mikhail Pilipenko found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Gomel went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Aug 2026
294 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eduard Zhevnerov commits to Molodechno for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Eduard Zhevnerov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match1 Aug 2026
Three points for Molodechno, 1‑0 the final word against Gomel in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Molodechno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Krasimir Kapov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.