The Kryvbas Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Abdelhamid Sabiri runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Kryvbas
A 1‑0 win over Livyi Bereh, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Sami Adam at 21 — 8.97
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sami Adam did not need any: 8.97, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Araujo
25 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Kryvbas
Yvan Dibango 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Kryvbas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Araujo 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 terraces31 Aug 2026
Kryvbas supporters have found a favourite in Sami Adam
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Sami Adam has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Guillermo Pfund 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Obolon expected to open talks for Matvii Bodnar
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Kryvbas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Kryvbas are still learning each other
- Market Diego Sequeira brings the grey hairs Kryvbas lacked
- Match Point won or two lost for Kryvbas?