The Spartak Moscow 2 Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Pavel Pelevin runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 45. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ivan Sorokin asks to leave Spartak Moscow 2
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Vadim Tsygankov at 18 — 7.61
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vadim Tsygankov did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Spartak Moscow 2
Timofey Rozhkov 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Vadim Tsygankov rescues a point for Spartak Moscow 2
It needed Vadim Tsygankov to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Cherepovets, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dmitry Shopin 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Spartak Moscow 2 training over how hard people work
- Squad Artem Nekrasov dropped after a run of poor form
- Market Talks stall between Spartak Moscow 2 and Timofey Rozhkov