The Strogino Post
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Strogino out
Out, 0‑2 to Avangard, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Artem Meshalkin keeps Strogino in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Strogino
Victor Kiselev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Arnur Sagalbaev
Strogino asked and Baltika said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Strogino
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexey Muldarov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Andrey Chobanu ran the middle of the pitch — 7.09
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 12 combined actions and a mark of 7.09, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for August Bryld
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to August Bryld, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Yury Mozzhukhin
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market24 Aug 2026
Strogino and Ilja Vorontsov are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Squad A mistake Denis Dragan will not forget
- Transfer targets Strogino ask about Vadim Kondrashov
- The dugout The manager’s verdict