Marked for Bryan Trujillo
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2027
10 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Market18 Oct 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 The request is on a desk at Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Probiy may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Roman Bilyi 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Roman Serdiuk
“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 ratings18 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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; Probiy are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
The numbers do not look good at Probiy
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Match16 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Chernihiv will be the happier side with the point.
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Crisis
Match9 Oct 2027
9 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Market11 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match9 Oct 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nazar Havryliuk, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Roman Serdiuk lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
Nowhere to hide for Probiy
0‑3 against Ahrobiznes, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market4 Oct 2027
Maksym Kulish 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 Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Match2 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
8 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrii Bliznichenko commits to Probiy for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Roman Bilyi 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Roman Bilyi
“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.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Uneasy
Market27 Sep 2027
Roman Bilyi 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 Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 Sep 2027
Probiy sink to position 15
8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match25 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Kirill Makarov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings27 Sep 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bryan Trujillo, and the manager let it.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
A defender's afternoon for Ruslan Kharuk
Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Roman Serdiuk 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.
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Crisis
Squad13 Sep 2027
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Match11 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Probiy, and 0 appearances in 12 say he has earned the hearing.
Match11 Sep 2027
Feniks left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Alavez, and the manager let it.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Roman Bilyi 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.
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Steady
Match25 Aug 2027
Probiy out of the cup
Shakhtar ended it 0‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 40 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Roman Bilyi 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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.43, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Nobody left the Probiy dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Match28 Aug 2027
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market23 Aug 2027
Ruslan Kharuk 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 Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Market23 Aug 2027
Probiy say no — this time
The offer from Ahrobiznes for Roman Borysevych was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Roman Bilyi 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match21 Aug 2027
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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 ratings23 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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; Probiy are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
The numbers do not look good at Probiy
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
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Crisis
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Aug 2027
17 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Roman Bilyi 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match7 Aug 2027
Nyva take the points off Probiy
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Roman Serdiuk
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrii Drekalo and Probiy agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 97% of everything Probiy earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market9 Aug 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Probiy, another week without a signature from Aleksander Hartstein.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Aug 2027
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market2 Aug 2027
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Vladyslav Burda is a Probiy player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market2 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Yevhen Harmash is back at Probiy, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market2 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
A 1‑0 win over Livyi Bereh, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrii Drekalo and Probiy agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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; Probiy are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market24 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 May 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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 May 2027
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Ibrahim Bakayoko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market17 May 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 May 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 May 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
Boardroom17 May 2027
130% of the income goes out in wages at Probiy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad17 May 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miguel D'Alessandro and Probiy agree another 2 years.
Squad17 May 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roman Borysevych trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Apr 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Apr 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market26 Apr 2027
Leeyon Phelan is 19, and Probiy have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leeyon Phelan commits to Probiy for another 3 years.
Market26 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Probiy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Andrii Fesenko knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market29 Mar 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad29 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
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Uneasy
Match15 Mar 2027
Probiy sink to position 16
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market15 Mar 2027
Mykola Sikach 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 Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Bliznichenko 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Probiy know it.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 51 days on the sidelines for Gael Delgado, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Mar 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Bliznichenko 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Bohdan Orynchak 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Probiy has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market1 Mar 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nazar Havryliuk’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market1 Mar 2027
Probiy have made Bryan Trujillo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
19 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Match15 Feb 2027
Probiy are in real trouble now
Position 16, 16 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market15 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Feb 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market15 Feb 2027
LNZ pay $140.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad15 Feb 2027
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Marked 7.47 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Probiy had the best player on the pitch.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The team sheet said everything about Bryan Trujillo
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Bryan Trujillo.
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Crisis
Match23 Jan 2027
16 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 16, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Probiy may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
191% of the income goes out in wages at Probiy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Gabriel Eskinja
“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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Chornomorets left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Bryan Trujillo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Bryan Trujillo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Crisis
Match16 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Match18 Jan 2027
Probiy sink to position 15
15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Bliznichenko 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.
Match16 Jan 2027
0‑2 to Chernihiv, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bohdan Orynchak, and the manager let it.
Squad18 Jan 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Probiy pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
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Uneasy
Match9 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
14 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.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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; Probiy are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad11 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Bryan Trujillo will call it something else in private.
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Uneasy
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Probiy
13 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.
Market4 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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 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 Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ihor Huk 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Bohdan Orynchak. Probiy will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match2 Jan 2027
Probiy draw a blank against Nyva
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nyva defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Bohdan Orynchak trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 12 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
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Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Dec 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Match26 Dec 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
362% of the income goes out in wages at Probiy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrii Liashenko, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
5.45 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
5.73 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
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Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Match21 Dec 2026
Every point is an argument now for Probiy
Position 15 and 13 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Dec 2026
17 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match19 Dec 2026
It needed Andrii Liashenko to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Feniks, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrii Fesenko, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Probiy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Probiy may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
444% of the income goes out in wages at Probiy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Marked 8.77 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match14 Nov 2026
6 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Nov 2026
“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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Maksym Kovalenko: 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.” Probiy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Roman Bilyi 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
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.
Match14 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Ahrobiznes will be the happier side with the point.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A mark of 5.45 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Crisis
Market9 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match7 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“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; Probiy are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad9 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Gabriel Eskinja
“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.
Match7 Nov 2026
0‑1 to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
5.38 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
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Crisis
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad19 Oct 2026
60 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bryan Trujillo, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
“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 Probiy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Marked 9.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 726% of everything Probiy earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match3 Oct 2026
Chernihiv made Probiy work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Borysevych, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Probiy
10 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.
Match28 Sep 2026
Probiy sink to position 16
4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Eskinja, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Probiy lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.
Squad28 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Probiy have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Crisis
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Probiy's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Probiy has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Sep 2026
88 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Probiy against Nyva
1‑2 to Nyva, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 8.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Probiy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Sep 2026
0‑2 to Livyi Bereh, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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 ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Roman Serdiuk lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Probiy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 5.36 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 5.73 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Uneasy
Match5 Sep 2026
7 matches without a win for Probiy
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Probiy are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gonzalo Saavedra and Probiy agree another 3 years.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Ruslan Kharuk
Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Gabriel Eskinja 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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 532% of everything Probiy earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Bryan Trujillo
“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 ratings7 Sep 2026
Marked 7.54 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Probiy had the best player on the pitch.
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Crisis
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Probiy
Andrii Bliznichenko 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vitaliy Tkachuk and Probiy agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Inhulets left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Bryan Trujillo, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.