The Chelyabinsk 2 Courier
Market19 Nov 2029
Magnus Thorsby 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 Chelyabinsk 2 can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Nov 2029
5 matches without a win for Chelyabinsk 2
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Chelyabinsk 2 are no longer polite ones.
Market19 Nov 2029
Only the photograph left for Albert Vanyan
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Albert Vanyan will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelyabinsk 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Nov 2029
Adrian Murchin 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 Chelyabinsk 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Nov 2029
Words at Chelyabinsk 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Denis Firsov 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.
Match17 Nov 2029
Rubin 2 take the points off Chelyabinsk 2
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Nov 2029
No hiding place for Alexandr Melezhechkin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Melezhechkin, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Nov 2029
A Chelyabinsk 2 teenager takes the young player award
Silvio Donati is 19, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Player ratings19 Nov 2029
Nobody could get near Denis Vintilă
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market The clock does Joshua Rinaldi’s negotiating for him
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Yelizar Glukhov