Yaroslav Melnikov

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19 Edition

The Spartak Moscow 2 Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Zakhar Chushkin, 18, steals the show — 7.96

Marked 7.96 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match5 Dec 2026

The drought breaks for Spartak Moscow 2

9 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Tver were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Squad7 Dec 2026

A row about effort at Spartak Moscow 2

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matvey Kuznetsov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces7 Dec 2026

Spartak Moscow 2 supporters have found a favourite in Ivan Sorokin

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Ivan Sorokin 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.

Match5 Dec 2026

Spartak Moscow 2 get the job done against Tver

A 1‑0 win over Tver, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Match7 Dec 2026

Spartak Moscow 2 at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 8, 21 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

Squad7 Dec 2026

A step back for Kirill Sechkin at Spartak Moscow 2

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Vladlen Chizhov has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Vladlen Chizhov on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Zakhar Chushkin is the weekend's best young player

At 18 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Spartak Moscow 2 Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match31 Oct 2026

The wait goes on for Spartak Moscow 2

7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Alexey Polesskiy stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match31 Oct 2026

Spartak Moscow 2 cannot find the net

5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Alexey Polesskiy

At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Vladislav Djuraev

“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.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Nothing got past Yaroslav Melnikov

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Yaroslav Melnikov named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Yaroslav Melnikov is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Pavel Pelevin was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Vladlen Chizhov was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Spartak Moscow 2 dressing room was either.

In brief