The Chelyabinsk Herald
Match24 Oct 2026
Ufa punish Chelyabinsk for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Matvey Urvantsev will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Chelyabinsk escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Matvey Urvantsev scores twice — 8.43
Two goals and a mark of 8.43 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Mikhail Chumak says Chelyabinsk went back on their word
“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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ufa take the points off Chelyabinsk
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Chelyabinsk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Baba N'Diaye 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.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
One of their own: Matvey Urvantsev
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Garrik Levin
Marked 8.00 — 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
After 4 games, Chelyabinsk finally taste it again
The first defeat in 4 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Ufa; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ruslan Baitukov
“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.
In brief
- Squad Chelyabinsk are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Vasily Zyuzin faces the questions
- The dugout Konstantin Kertanov is still being punished for one mistake