The Sochi 2 Courier
Match29 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Sochi 2
A 0‑4 beating by Rostov 2 was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Daniil Silev stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Roman Tkachev gets it from the manager
“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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Inquest at Sochi 2
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
Too much change too quickly at Sochi 2
15 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Evgeniy Obukhov answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Yegor Totskiy dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Roman Chenchikov knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roman Chenchikov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Yegor Totskiy named player of the week
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Yegor Totskiy has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
In brief
- Player ratings Roman Chenchikov runs at them all day
- Squad Mark Nosaty has taken the shirt
- Looking ahead An away day at Druzhba next for Sochi 2