The Torpedo Moscow Courier
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Alesson beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 42. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match31 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Torpedo Moscow
The unbeaten run reaches 15. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match31 Jul 2027
Textilschik punish Torpedo Moscow for switching off
3 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Mario Ćurić will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Torpedo Moscow escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Market2 Aug 2027
Lokomotiv come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Torpedo Moscow did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market2 Aug 2027
Dmitry Kalaida has said yes to Uralets-TS
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Torpedo Moscow have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Wílmar Barrios turns down Torpedo Moscow
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Zenit keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Mario Ćurić goes up and wins it — 7.81
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 7.81 for the rest of it.
Market2 Aug 2027
Zyed Ababsa 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 Torpedo Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Torpedo Moscow told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
In brief
- Squad Alesson in a row with a teammate
- Match Torpedo Moscow make home a hard place to visit
- Squad A row about effort at Torpedo Moscow