The Karpaty Courier
Squad1 Jan 2029
A fracture rules Oleksandr Slyvka out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Karpaty will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Oleksandr Kemkin keeps Karpaty in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market1 Jan 2029
Andrii Boriachuk 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 The request is on a desk at Karpaty, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Rostyslav Liakh goes up and wins it — 7.75
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.75 for the rest of it.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Karpaty
Xeber Alkain 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Yehor Potapenko arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Yehor Potapenko has, at Karpaty, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Match30 Dec 2028
Karpaty come up short against Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market1 Jan 2029
A season away well spent by Artur Shakh
19 games, 0 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Karpaty now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.
Loan watch1 Jan 2029
Denys Marchenko has seen enough of FCSB
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Karpaty, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- The dugout Andriy Haiduchok answers for it
- The dugout No hiding place for Andrii Boriachuk
- The dugout When it matters, Rostyslav Liakh plays