The Livyi Bereh Sentinel
Match1 Jan 2028
Nazar Voloshyn settles it late for Livyi Bereh
The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Nazar Voloshyn decided nobody was going anywhere. Victoriia Sumy had no time left to answer.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Denys Ihnatenko keeps Livyi Bereh in it on his own
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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Livyi Bereh
Andrii Yakymiv 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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A move Ruslan Tkachenko would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Ruslan Tkachenko is living that version at Livyi Bereh, and it tends to show in the first month.
Match1 Jan 2028
Still nobody has beaten Livyi Bereh
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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Valeriy Bondarenko 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.
Match1 Jan 2028
Livyi Bereh see off Victoriia Sumy
Three points for Livyi Bereh, 2‑1 the final word against Victoriia Sumy in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch3 Jan 2028
Oleksandr Domoleha wants to come home
“I did not go to Opava to sit and watch. I want to come back to Livyi Bereh and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 24 matches say the rest.
Market3 Jan 2028
Saikou Chorr told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Saikou Chorr has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Livyi Bereh.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Ernest Astakhov
- The dugout No hiding place for Yevhenii Profatylo
- The dugout The manager’s verdict