The Dinamo Vologda Sentinel
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Rustam Berzegov shuts the door
Defensive actions: 37, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match15 Aug 2029
Dinamo Vologda march on in the cup
Irkutsk are out and Dinamo Vologda go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market20 Aug 2029
Wael Kadan asks to leave Dinamo Vologda
“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.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Dinamo Vologda
Artem Shabolin 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 ratings20 Aug 2029
Nobody could get near Artem Shabolin
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad20 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Roman Polkovnikov
“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 ratings20 Aug 2029
Wael Kadan in the eights
A performance of 8.49 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Vladislav Pronin in the eights
A performance of 8.43 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market20 Aug 2029
Tver watching Foma Karimov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Dinamo Vologda have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Squad Islam-Bek Gubzhokov knocks on the manager’s door
- Match Dinamo Vologda draw a blank against Chertanovo
- Squad Reece Wilson makes his debut at 22