The Orel Courier
Match24 Oct 2026
Marcel Stenka settles it late for Orel
The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Marcel Stenka decided nobody was going anywhere. Metallurg had no time left to answer.
Match24 Oct 2026
Orel end the wait against Metallurg
It had gone 11 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
Orel supporters have found a favourite in Andrey Yakushin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Andrey Yakushin 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Marcel Stenka the difference as Orel beat Metallurg
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Marcel Stenka. 1‑0 against Metallurg, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Valery Titarenko
“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 ratings26 Oct 2026
Maxim Kolmakov runs at them all day
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Narek Ghasumyan 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 dugout26 Oct 2026
A satisfied Arseniy Pushkin
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Arseniy Pushkin could afford to be generous.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Maxim Kolmakov 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 Maxim Kolmakov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market The Daniil Arsentjev story refuses to die
- The dugout Danila Sokol does not fit this one
- Player ratings Half an hour was enough for Andrey Yakushin