Marked for Maksym Kovalenko
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Crisis
Match1 Nov 2027
Every point is an argument now for Probiy
Position 15 and 6 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Probiy
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Probiy is running low.
Match30 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Probiy
Volodymyr Adamiuk and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match30 Oct 2027
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Probiy and Chornomorets in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match30 Oct 2027
2‑4 to Chornomorets, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Nov 2027
At 33, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
Wages eat 170% of everything Probiy earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Crisis
Match23 Oct 2027
A hiding for Probiy
Beaten 1‑6 by Chernihiv, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Paul Loundjeu 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Oleksii Bandurin among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Oleksii Bandurin on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Probiy and Chernihiv.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Volodymyr Adamiuk 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.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Doors closed at Probiy
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
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Crisis
The terraces18 Oct 2027
The mood at Probiy has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market18 Oct 2027
“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.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
This is not rotation. Paul Loundjeu has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Probiy is pretending otherwise.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Volodymyr Adamiuk falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match16 Oct 2027
Inhulets left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Taras Shevchenko to a room that had heard them before.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Probiy
Yuriy Avramenko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
The drought breaks for Probiy
19 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Market27 Sep 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Paul Loundjeu 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Volodymyr Adamiuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces27 Sep 2027
Probiy supporters have found a favourite in João Vitor
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. João Vitor has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match25 Sep 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Paul Loundjeu’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Probiy.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Elvin Valiev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
The afternoon belonged to João Vitor
A mark of 7.45, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
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Crisis
Match21 Aug 2027
15 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The mood at Probiy has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market23 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Volodymyr Adamiuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kolos have kept their man, and Probiy go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match21 Aug 2027
Podillia left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Probiy
João Vitor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Match14 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market16 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Everything agreed with Kudrivka, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Volodymyr Adamiuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Probiy asked and Karpaty said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Probiy
João Vitor and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match14 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Probiy against Kudrivka
0‑1 to Kudrivka, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
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Squad
Maksym Kovalenko reaches 100 appearances
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Squad
Too much change too quickly at Probiy
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Match7 Aug 2027
Nowhere to hide for Probiy
1‑4 against Victoriia Sumy, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market9 Aug 2027
Viktor Tryhub hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad9 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
The numbers do not look good at Probiy
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Obolon have kept their man, and Probiy go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Paul Loundjeu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Maksym Hirnyi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Crisis
Match22 Feb 2027
Probiy sink to position 16
17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match20 Feb 2027
Chastening afternoon for Probiy
A 0‑3 beating by Vorskla was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Market22 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Probiy
Paul Loundjeu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Andi Hadroj falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
139% of the income goes out in wages at Probiy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Nobody left the Probiy dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Feb 2027
The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad8 Feb 2027
10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market8 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market8 Feb 2027
Probiy say no — this time
The offer from Bukovyna for Volodymyr Ivanychuk was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Andi Hadroj in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Probiy asked and Oleksandriya said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Paul Loundjeu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Squad25 Jan 2027
29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Probiy lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match25 Jan 2027
Every point is an argument now for Probiy
Position 16 and 16 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market25 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Probiy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Diego Arroyo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andi Hadroj 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Probiy against Nyva
0‑2 to Nyva, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Crisis
Squad11 Jan 2027
Volodymyr Savchyn damages knee ligaments — 30 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 30 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad11 Jan 2027
10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Probiy
Diego Arroyo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad11 Jan 2027
At 33, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Match9 Jan 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Borysevych, and the manager let it.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Taras Shevchenko to a room that had heard them before.
Market11 Jan 2027
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
Volodymyr Savchyn damages knee ligaments — 44 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match28 Dec 2026
Probiy sink to position 15
15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market28 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.57 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Dec 2026
It finished 2‑1, and it was Paul Loundjeu’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Probiy.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 202% of everything Probiy earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The terraces28 Dec 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Valentyn Napuda has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
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Uneasy
Match5 Dec 2026
14 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
65 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Probiy lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Probiy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Dec 2026
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Probiy
Diego Arroyo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Andi Hadroj
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match5 Dec 2026
A goal on 89 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Match5 Dec 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Roman Savchenko is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
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Crisis
Match21 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Volodymyr Savchyn damages knee ligaments — 79 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 79 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad23 Nov 2026
9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Diego Arroyo 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.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andi Hadroj was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match21 Nov 2026
The goals have deserted Probiy
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Probiy can tell you which week it ends in.
Match21 Nov 2026
A bad afternoon for Probiy against UCSA
0‑1 to UCSA, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Squad9 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Volodymyr Savchyn
93 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Probiy lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match7 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for Probiy
11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market9 Nov 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andi Hadroj 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match7 Nov 2026
Metalist left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrii Fesenko, and the manager let it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Taras Shevchenko to a room that had heard them before.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
There were 22 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match31 Oct 2026
10 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Match2 Nov 2026
Probiy are in real trouble now
Position 15, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Probiy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
An order from above at Probiy: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Probiy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andi Hadroj was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 197% of the Probiy income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Probiy
9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
16 combined actions and 6.71. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Match24 Oct 2026
Chornomorets left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Probiy are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Taras Shevchenko after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Volodymyr Barabanov 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 dugout26 Oct 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
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Uneasy
Market12 Oct 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Diego Arroyo is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Probiy
Diego Arroyo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Andi Hadroj falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 33, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ruslan Kharuk, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Maksym Kovalenko's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match5 Oct 2026
Probiy sink to position 15
6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Probiy
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Probiy may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Probiy can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Diego Arroyo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
Victoriia Sumy left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages swallow 255% of the Probiy income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Paul Loundjeu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Crisis
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match19 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Probiy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andi Hadroj 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.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
Livyi Bereh left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Taras Shevchenko to a room that had heard them before.
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Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Valentyn Napuda, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.63
A mark of 7.63 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrii Bliznichenko commits to Probiy for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Fesenko 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match1 Aug 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Aug 2026
A stepping stone, not a home, for Paul Loundjeu
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Probiy were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maksym Kovalenko, and the manager let it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
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Market
Probiy and Bohdan Orynchak are talking past each other
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Squad
7 new faces, and Probiy are still learning each other
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict