Marked for Yaroslav Volkov
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 51. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Kosmos
A 1‑0 win over Torpedo Vladimir, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A brace, and Danila Matvevnin takes the afternoon — 8.26
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Danila Matvevnin provided it, and the 8.26 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Yaroslav Volkov, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.68
A mark of 7.68 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Match22 Aug 2026
Kosmos make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Kosmos have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agustín Orofino commits to Kosmos for another 3 years.
Squad24 Aug 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 Kosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
It finished 3‑1, and it was Danila Matvevnin’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kosmos.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Daniil Goncharov 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.
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Steady
Match8 Aug 2026
A 4-goal lead gone for Kosmos
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Saturn kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Kosmos will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.38 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 19 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 4‑5, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 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 Kosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Nikita Yershov at his very best
Marked 8.56. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Kosmos.
Market10 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kosmos have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexey Logvinov
“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.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
No mercy from Kosmos
Kolomna will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Kosmos were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.35, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Yaroslav Volkov takes the afternoon — 8.06
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yaroslav Volkov provided it, and the 8.06 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market3 Aug 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikita Yershov commits to Kosmos for another 4 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
Yaroslav Volkov among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Yaroslav Volkov on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Kosmos and Kolomna.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Kosmos
Samir Masimov 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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Luki-Energiya will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Ivan Ovsyankin has pre-agreed a move to Kosmos, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Nikita Yershov 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.