Marked for Dmytro Murashko
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Uneasy
Match25 Aug 2027
Veres out of the cup
Epicentr ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market30 Aug 2027
The bid was some way short and Veres did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Veres
Vladyslav Sharai 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.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liverpool have kept their man, and Veres go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Metalist made Veres work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Match28 Aug 2027
The drought breaks for Veres
5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Metalist were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
“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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.90 on the card, and the Veres support went home talking about one name.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
Andriy Rebrov damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Veres had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Ludogorets, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad12 Jul 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Veres asked and Ludogorets said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
A loan enquiry to Cracovia: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad12 Jul 2027
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Veres are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Maksym Smiian is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Market12 Jul 2027
The Kai Cipot talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Veres know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
Andriy Rebrov damages knee ligaments — 41 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom28 Jun 2027
Pressure builds in the Veres boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Dmytro Murashko is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
No deal for Roman Slyva at that price
Veres offered $38.0K; Ahrobiznes said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Semen Vovchenko and Veres agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
Veres asked and Shakhtar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Veres
Radion Posievkin 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.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Bahia
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
At 34, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
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Uneasy
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Veres have done the hard part with Polissia, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market21 Jun 2027
Fabrício Yan has left for Rukh in a $340.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Oleksandriya have kept their man, and Veres go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Home is on Bahia's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Veres are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dmytro Murashko and Veres agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad21 Jun 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Ruslanbek Jiyanov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Veres say nothing, which says plenty.
Boardroom21 Jun 2027
Veres can sign again
The window is open, and with it the only month of the year when a supporter’s hopes are limited by nothing but arithmetic. The board know the arithmetic; the supporters know the hopes.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
Enzo has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Enzo has written the date down.
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Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
Illia Kondratiev damages knee ligaments — 37 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout24 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Veres have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 May 2027
A falling-out at Veres
Vladyslav Sharai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout24 May 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Dmytro Murashko
“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.
Market24 May 2027
The Wesley Pomba story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Wesley Pomba signs something — a contract at Veres or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Uneasy
The dugout29 Mar 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Veres may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Oleksandr Pyshchur falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Bahia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bahia, and the manager let it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Veres
Radion Posievkin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market29 Mar 2027
The name of Wesley Pomba keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Veres say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Mar 2027
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maksym Smiian, and the manager let it.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Maksym Smiian is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Enzo asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market22 Mar 2027
The Kai Cipot question follows Veres around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Kai Cipot’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Veres, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Gonçalves: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Veres have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match23 Jan 2027
LNZ take the points off Veres
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Veres training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabrício Yan 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 dugout25 Jan 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad25 Jan 2027
One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Veres lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dmytro Murashko, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead25 Jan 2027
Zorya next, and one man in the Veres dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
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Steady
Match19 Dec 2026
Veres throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Poltava the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Veres will enjoy reviewing.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.59, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Dmytro Murashko is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Veres training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oleksandr Pyshchur 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.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match19 Dec 2026
A 2‑2 draw with Poltava leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Artem Malynovskyi was not hiding it after 2‑2, and nobody in the Veres dressing room was either.
Looking ahead21 Dec 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ihor Kharatin’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Veres needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Enzo left out for tactical reasons at Veres
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
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The dugout
Enzo wants a proper job in this side
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Squad
Kai Cipot says his piece
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The dugout
Dmytro Hodia asks for a word with the manager
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Crisis
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ihor Kharatin goes up and wins it — 7.87
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.87 for the rest of it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match17 Oct 2026
Vitalii Boiko scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Karpaty, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Oleksandr Pyshchur falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Wesley Pomba, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 2‑3 defeat, delivered by Artem Malynovskyi to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Market19 Oct 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Daniil Checher has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Veres.
Looking ahead19 Oct 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Kryvbas in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
Dmytro Murashko is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Veres
Oleksandr Pyshchur and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Fabrício Yan falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Bahia wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Veres can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Karpaty in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Kai Cipot talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Veres know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.