Alexandr Lapin

Left Wingback - Zenit Penza
6 Dec 2026
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14 Edition

The Zenit Penza Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match31 Oct 2026

12 matches without a win for Zenit Penza

The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Zenit Penza are no longer polite ones.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

Anger at Zenit Penza spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Match2 Nov 2026

Every point is an argument now for Zenit Penza

Position 15 and 3 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market2 Nov 2026

Yaroslav Terechev is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zenit Penza is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market2 Nov 2026

Stepan Degtev asks to leave Zenit Penza

“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.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Zenit Penza

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Evgeny Yegorov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match31 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Zenit Penza against Spartak Tambov

0‑2 to Spartak Tambov, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Alexandr Grigorjev

“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.

Market2 Nov 2026

Still no ink between Zenit Penza and Evgeny Yegorov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zenit Penza, another week without a signature from Evgeny Yegorov.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Zenit Penza Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Sep 2026

Nowhere to hide for Zenit Penza

0‑4 against Dinamo Bryansk, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market28 Sep 2026

Evgeny Yegorov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zenit Penza is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match26 Sep 2026

The wait goes on for Zenit Penza

6 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.

Market28 Sep 2026

Stepan Degtev 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 Zenit Penza, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match26 Sep 2026

Zenit Penza cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Daniil Kashmin in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zenit Penza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Evgeny Yegorov 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.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Alexey Makushkin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom28 Sep 2026

Inquest at Zenit Penza

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief