The Rubin 2 Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Dmitry Prokhorov settles it late for Rubin 2
The 87th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Dmitry Prokhorov decided nobody was going anywhere. Nosta had no time left to answer.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Dmitry Prokhorov, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.98
A mark of 7.98 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Match8 Aug 2026
Dmitry Prokhorov the difference as Rubin 2 beat Nosta
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Dmitry Prokhorov. 2‑1 against Nosta, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rubin 2
Daniil Kiryagin 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
Rubin 2 supporters have found a favourite in Dmitry Prokhorov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Dmitry Prokhorov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rubin 2 and Ilja Ivanov are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilja Ivanov has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Rubin 2 will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rubin 2 pick somebody else ahead of Adel Teshkin
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Rubin 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexandr Zotov 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.
In brief
- Market Konstantin Nizhegorodov is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Rival Gumerov
- Player ratings The referee tires of Uroš Drezgić