The Angusht Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Gonçalo Encarnação at 21 — 7.61
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Gonçalo Encarnação did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Nicolás Soria 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexandr Yegorov
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A promise honoured for Vladimir Pavlov
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Angusht told Vladimir Pavlov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Angusht
Artem Meshalkin 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Angusht share the spoils with Sevastopol
A 1‑1 draw with Sevastopol leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nicolás Soria
- Market Artem Meshalkin arrives on loan
- Market Angusht borrow Ilja Romaschuk