Marked for Evgeniy Kasevich
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Smorgon may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Smorgon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Smorgon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matvey Dukso 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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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Smorgon may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Smorgon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Paulo Campos 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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 Smorgon know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Smorgon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Smorgon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matvey Dukso 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Sep 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Smorgon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Paulo Campos 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dmitriy Khalimonchikov, and the manager let it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Everyone has stopped pretending: Molodechno will make the call about Evgeniy Kasevich this week. Smorgon have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.