Marked for Eduardo Ramírez
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nyva can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 May 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Marian Bats
“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.
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Steady
Market10 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nyva can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 May 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Maksym Uhryniuk asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Market19 Apr 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Nyva, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
117% of the income goes out in wages at Nyva
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.
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Steady
Market5 Apr 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Nyva, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Luis González 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.
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Steady
Market22 Mar 2027
“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 Nyva, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
Wages eat 150% of everything Nyva 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.
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Steady
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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 ratings22 Feb 2027
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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 178% of everything Nyva 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 ratings22 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Eduardo Ramírez
“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.
Match20 Feb 2027
Point won or two lost for Nyva?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Podillia? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Anton Riabokon, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market22 Feb 2027
The name of Illia Olkhovyi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nyva say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Market15 Feb 2027
“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 Nyva, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Nyva against Inhulets
1‑3 to Inhulets, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Marked 8.17 — 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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 ratings15 Feb 2027
5.28 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Shots: 5, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Steady
Squad18 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market18 Jan 2027
Sepahan come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nyva did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Getting past Illia Olkhovyi has become the hardest job in the division
13 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Marked 8.95 — 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.
Match16 Jan 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Luis González’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Nyva.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Crisis
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nyva can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match2 Jan 2027
Probiy take the points off Nyva
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A season average of 7.20 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Steady
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Dec 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 Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 9.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match19 Dec 2026
A 1‑0 win over Victoriia Sumy, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Getting past Illia Olkhovyi has become the hardest job in the division
11 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Eduardo Ramírez
“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.
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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nyva can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nyva may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Almir Lira
“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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
A defender's afternoon for Vasyl Burtnyk
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
10 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Illia Olkhovyi has given nobody the chance.
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Crisis
Squad7 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market7 Dec 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 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 Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eduardo Ramírez and Nyva agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match5 Dec 2026
Livyi Bereh left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nyva may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Nyva
Illia Olkhovyi 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Illia Olkhovyi, and the manager let it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.58, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match21 Nov 2026
Three points for Nyva, 1‑0 the final word against Bukovyna in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad23 Nov 2026
9 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Illia Olkhovyi has given nobody the chance.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 11, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market23 Nov 2026
Nyva have made Yurii Mykhayliv available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Nyva
Luis González 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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 437% of everything Nyva 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 ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Maksym Uhryniuk
“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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Honours even between Nyva and Inhulets
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market2 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad2 Nov 2026
At 21 years old, Omelian Wiliam Chubak became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Crisis
Match10 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Nyva's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nyva has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 27 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrii Demydenko and Nyva agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match10 Oct 2026
UCSA take the points off Nyva
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Nyva
Radion Posievkin 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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 ratings12 Oct 2026
The cruellest goal, and it is Maksym Uhryniuk's
A touch he did not want, a bounce he could not have read, and his name in the wrong column. There is no consoling a man after one of these, and Nyva will not try tonight.
Squad12 Oct 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Nyva have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Uneasy
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Nyva
8 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.
Squad5 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 Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
731% of the income goes out in wages at Nyva
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 ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Illia Olkhovyi
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Nyva and Metalist cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Metalist came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Radion Posievkin asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A season on the outside for Almir Lira
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Nyva has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Uneasy
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Nyva's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nyva has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Nyva
Illia Olkhovyi 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 ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Viktor Karolak, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
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Steady
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Nyva
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Nyva are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Nyva
Vasyl Burtnyk 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Viktor Karolak and Nyva agree another 4 years.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
639% of the income goes out in wages at Nyva
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 ratings7 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.87 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market7 Sep 2026
The name of Maksym Vadovskyi has come up in conversations Nyva were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Eduardo Ramírez
“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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.19, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Market7 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Crisis
Match26 Aug 2026
The small margins put Nyva out
Out, 0‑1 to Rukh, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Nyva
0‑3 against Chornomorets, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 23 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Illia Olkhovyi
“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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Inquest at Nyva
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.
Squad31 Aug 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 Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marked 5.69, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Julio González and Puebla agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 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 Puebla this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match1 Aug 2026
1‑2 to Cruz Azul, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Julio González
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.