The Druzhba Herald
Match19 Aug 2026
Druzhba out of the cup
Legion ended it 2‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Zaid Koblev, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.67
A mark of 7.67 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market24 Aug 2026
Alan Khapishtov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Druzhba can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Druzhba's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Druzhba has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Druzhba
Andrew Tutte 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Druzhba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jeremías Suarez 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Pobeda take the points off Druzhba
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kirill Yushko 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Druzhba
7 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Daniil Antonenko runs at them all day
- Market Ivan Novik joins Druzhba to strengthen the squad
- Player ratings Riccardo Carrubba changes it off the bench