The Ufa Sentinel
Squad16 Nov 2026
David Ozmanov damages knee ligaments — 54 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Artem Ivanov says Ufa 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Ufa
Ilja Agapov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Ufa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leon Musaev 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Denis Kutin
“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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Ilja Agapov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ufa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The formation has left Yu Horike behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Ufa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Evgeny Shlyakov gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Evgeny Shlyakov is on it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Alexandr Perchenok goes back to face Sokol
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Alexandr Perchenok’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Ufa needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Market The Georgy Gongadze talk will not go away
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Emil Maiorov’s exile
- Market Still no ink between Ufa and Yu Horike