Mathías Alessandro

Striker - Feniks
27 Jul 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Mathías Alessandro

44 Edition

The Feniks Herald

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Andrii Kukharuk 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Mathías Alessandro's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Feniks are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Sydorenko

“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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43 Edition

The Feniks Herald

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Andrii Kukharuk 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.

Boardroom

Feniks counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Feniks now.

Squad

No hiding place for Mathías Alessandro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mathías Alessandro, and the manager let it.

In brief

42 Edition

The Feniks Herald

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Brendi Malaj puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Feniks, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Oleksandr Chornomorets, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

In brief

35 Edition

The Feniks Herald

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets: 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.” Feniks have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

Squad

Home is on Mathías Alessandro's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Feniks are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief

31 Edition

The Feniks Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Andrii Tkachuk says Feniks 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

Squad

Andrii Tkachuk out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Andrii Tkachuk, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

29 Edition

The Feniks Herald

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mathías Alessandro 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 Feniks can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Mathías Alessandro: 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.” Feniks have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Marko Podoliak

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Andrii Kukharuk 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Feniks sell Nazar Balaba for $77.0K

Nazar Balaba has left for Rukh in a $77.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Andrii Kukharuk gets it from the manager

“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.

In brief

26 Edition

The Feniks Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Feniks are in real trouble now

Position 14, 24 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.

Player ratings

Diego Celis runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Mathías Alessandro's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Feniks are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Boardroom

Wages eat 244% of everything Feniks 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.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets gets it from the manager

“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.

Match

Ahrobiznes take the points off Feniks

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

Feniks buy the years ahead of Brendi Malaj

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Squad

Brendi Malaj signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brendi Malaj and Feniks agree another 3 years.

In brief

25 Edition

The Feniks Herald

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Mathías Alessandro puts it in writing

“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 Feniks, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Feniks

The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

Match

Feniks see off Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Three points for Feniks, 2‑1 the final word against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

No hiding place for Hunter Olson

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hunter Olson, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Serhii Kyslenko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.51, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

One of those days for Pavlo Orikhovskyi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.46, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Diego Celis runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Marko Podoliak in the eights

A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

22 Edition

The Feniks Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Feniks are in real trouble now

Position 14, 17 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.

Squad

Andrii Tkachuk keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Feniks may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Valerii Kucherov shuts the door

Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Feniks

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Boardroom

Wages eat 461% of everything Feniks 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.

Player ratings

Diego Celis runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Denys Balan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denys Balan, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Andrii Kukharuk shuts the door

Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

21 Edition

The Feniks Herald

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 ratings

Nobody could get near Oleh Synytsia

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Serhii Kyslenko rescues a point for Feniks

It needed Serhii Kyslenko to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Probiy, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

19 Edition

The Feniks Herald

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Feniks

16 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 ratings

Nobody could get near Marko Podoliak

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Mathías Alessandro stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mathías Alessandro and Feniks agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

One of those days for Andrii Kukharuk

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.74, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Honours even between Feniks and Victoriia Sumy

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

18 Edition

The Feniks Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Feniks

15 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.

Match

Feniks are in real trouble now

Position 15, 11 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.

Squad

Denys Balan says Feniks 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.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Pavlo Orikhovskyi

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Home is on Mathías Alessandro's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Feniks are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Boardroom

Wages eat 586% of everything Feniks 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Serhii Kyslenko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Roman Hahun

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Hahun, and the manager let it.

In brief

15 Edition

The Feniks Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Feniks's wait for a win

12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Feniks has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

Match

Feniks come up short against Bukovyna

Bukovyna left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Vladyslav Sydorenko

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vladyslav Sydorenko, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Pavlo Orikhovskyi

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Mathías Alessandro

Marked 5.53, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

14 Edition

The Feniks Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Feniks's wait for a win

11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Feniks has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Feniks sink to position 14

9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

A bad afternoon for Feniks against Prykarpattia

1‑3 to Prykarpattia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom

Wages eat 586% of everything Feniks 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Oleksandr Chornomorets

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oleksandr Chornomorets, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Diego Celis

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

10 Edition

The Feniks Herald

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Feniks

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.

Player ratings

Rostyslav Rusyn runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Hunter Olson wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Feniks know it.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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 Feniks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

1031% of the income goes out in wages at Feniks

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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Serhii Kyslenko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.33, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Andrii Kukharuk gets it from the manager

“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.

Match

Honours even between Feniks and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

Talks stall between Feniks and Mathías Alessandro

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

9 Edition

The Queretaro Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Queretaro

A 0‑3 beating by Cruz Azul was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Daniel Parra 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 Queretaro can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Diego Reyes 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 Queretaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Lucas Abascia gets it from the manager

“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 ratings

Nobody could get near Jhojan Julio

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

Inquest at Queretaro

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Player ratings

The one thing Mateo Coronel could not do

Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Bless Ege

Marked 5.71, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Market

The shop window has Michael Pérez in it

Queretaro have let the market know Michael Pérez can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

6 Edition

The Queretaro Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Rolando Flores puts it in writing

“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 Queretaro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Fernando Valenzuela runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Queretaro

Diego Reyes 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.

Match

Mateo Coronel sends Queretaro past Tigres

It finished 2‑1, and it was Mateo Coronel’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Queretaro.

Boardroom

Wages eat 333% of everything Queretaro 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mateo Coronel

Marked 8.77 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Emilio Albarran out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Emilio Albarran, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Antonio Portales gets it from the manager

“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 ratings

The one thing Jhojan Julio could not do

Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief