Andrey Shevtsov

Central Midfielder - Dukla Prague
4 Apr 2030
Thursday
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Marked for Andrey Shevtsov

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The Dukla Prague Gazette

18 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The mood at Dukla Prague has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

The dugout

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Squad

Tempers go at Dukla Prague

Jakub Plšek 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.

Squad

Words at Dukla Prague training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Filip Twardzik 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.

Market

One of our own: Matej Soucek joins the Dukla Prague first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matej Soucek is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Filip Holes steps up from the Dukla Prague academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Holes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Dukla Prague promote Lukas Darida from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lukas Darida has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Vladimir Barak steps up from the Dukla Prague academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vladimir Barak has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Olatoundji Tessilimi's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

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The Tver Courier

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nikolay Abdulkin, 21, steals the show — 8.03

Marked 8.03 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

A falling-out at Tver

Nikolay Abdulkin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Tver get the job done against Luki-Energiya

A 1‑0 win over Luki-Energiya, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Boardroom

86% of the income goes out in wages at Tver

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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Dmitry Sidorenko, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout

Tver pick somebody else ahead of Vyacheslav Shataev

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Market

Andrey Shevtsov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tver has been clear about where Andrey Shevtsov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Vladislav Korneev linked with a move away

The name of Vladislav Korneev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tver say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The shop window has Kirill Zakharov in it

Tver have let the market know Kirill Zakharov can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief