The Strogino Post
Squad21 Dec 2026
Fedor Starostin keeps Strogino in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match19 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Strogino
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market21 Dec 2026
Valery Ozerov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Strogino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Strogino
Vladislav Kostin 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Strogino training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ilja Zakharov 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.
The terraces21 Dec 2026
The crowd has taken to Fedor Starostin
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Dec 2026
Strogino come up short against Znamya Truda
Znamya Truda left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Anton Belyakov left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Emil Ganeev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emil Ganeev, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Vladislav Saushkin has to sit this one out
- The dugout Magomed-Deni Tsutsulaev left out for tactical reasons at Strogino
- Market Magomed-Deni Tsutsulaev placed on the list