The Legion Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Yaroslav Matvienko
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gonçalo Dias signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gonçalo Dias and Legion agree another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jamaludin Ipaev in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Legion this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
$10.0K for Stepan Glebov, and Legion supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Stepan Glebov from Luki-Energiya for $10.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Legion training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Zepeda 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Danilo sends Legion past Kuban Holding
It finished 2‑1, and it was Danilo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Legion.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Legion supporters have found a favourite in Edgar Nanque
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Edgar Nanque 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Legion's travelling support get something back at Kuban Holding
They paid twice — for the ticket and for the journey — and got a 2-1 win for it. Away support is the truest kind precisely because nothing about it is convenient.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Magomed Ibragimov takes the honours
Marked 7.85 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Legion had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Market Legion sign Stepan Glebov, one for the future
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Legion
- Market Legion shop where it costs nothing