The Arsenal Tula Herald
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Mikhail Tsulaia says Arsenal Tula went back on their word
“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 ratings23 Nov 2026
Igor Gorbunov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Arsenal Tula
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Igor Yurganov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Ramazan Gadjimuradov was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.27. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Arsenal Tula
Oleg Isaenko 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 dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tigran Avanesyan
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Arsenal Tula share the spoils with Chaika
A 2‑2 draw with Chaika leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Arseny Shapovalov on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Arseny Shapovalov after the 2‑2 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Miloš Brnović leaves them behind him
Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
In brief
- Squad Ramazan Gadjimuradov finally opens his account
- The dugout The form table has caught Daniil Plotnikov
- Looking ahead Konstantin Pliev faces his old club