Marked for Vladislav Davydov
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Aug 2028
Yegor Antsiperov is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orenburg 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yegor Antsiperov, and the manager let it.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Aug 2028
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Vladislav Davydov is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexey Baranovskiy and Orenburg 2 agree another 3 years.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Vladislav Davydov 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Aug 2028
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad7 Aug 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orenburg 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Lachezar Ivanov 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market31 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Orenburg 2 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Orenburg 2 know it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Jul 2028
Vladimir Kerin is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad24 Jul 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orenburg 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Vladimir Kerin 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Vladislav Davydov is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Yegor Antsiperov 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Orenburg 2 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Yegor Antsiperov is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad10 Jul 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orenburg 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vladislav Davydov and Orenburg 2 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Vladislav Davydov 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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Words at Orenburg 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vladimir Kerin 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market19 Jun 2028
The phone has started ringing about Emanuel Pentimalli again, and this time the name on the line is Irtysh. Orenburg 2 are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad19 Jun 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orenburg 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Words at Orenburg 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lachezar Ivanov 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Jun 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Orenburg 2 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Emanuel Pentimalli 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 Jun 2028
Vladimir Kerin 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at KAMAZ
Artur Anisimov 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 Jun 2027
Words at KAMAZ training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Barkov 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Dmitry Barkov damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 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.
Match18 Nov 2026
The small margins put KAMAZ out
Out, 0‑3 to Orenburg, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
KAMAZ are taken apart by Orenburg — and the town wants answers
It finished 0-3. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at KAMAZ
David Karaev 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
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
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Player ratings
Yury Klochkov runs at them all day
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Boardroom
Nobody left the KAMAZ dressing room in a hurry
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Match
KAMAZ and Chaika take a point apiece