Marked for Timofey Gudach
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Triumph
Player ratings2 Jul 2029
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.65, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market2 Jul 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Dinamo Minsk people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market2 Jul 2029
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Match30 Jun 2029
Whatever happens, Dinamo Minsk do not lose
10 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Market2 Jul 2029
“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 The request is on a desk at Dinamo Minsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
This is not rotation. Anton Lukashov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dinamo Minsk is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Everything agreed with Tirana, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Mikhail Kozakevich and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Umarali Rahmonaliyev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Player ratings21 May 2029
7.99, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market21 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Minsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 May 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dinamo Minsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 May 2029
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Umarali Rahmonaliyev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 May 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Timofey Gudach commits to Dinamo Minsk for another 4 years.
The dugout21 May 2029
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Anton Volodko was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Dinamo Minsk dressing room was either.
The dugout21 May 2029
Somebody else is better right now than Alexey Ivanov
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout21 May 2029
“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.
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Steady
The dugout7 May 2029
This is not rotation. Anton Lukashov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dinamo Minsk is pretending otherwise.
Market7 May 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Minsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings7 May 2029
Marked 7.96 on 16 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
Squad7 May 2029
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdoul Aziz Touré was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match5 May 2029
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 85. Baranovichi had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Squad7 May 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dinamo Minsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 May 2029
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
The dugout7 May 2029
Mikhail Kozakevich is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Match5 May 2029
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Steady
Market26 Feb 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Dinamo Minsk people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market26 Feb 2029
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Window shuts: 6 in, 2 out at Dinamo Minsk
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 6 arrived, 2 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets26 Feb 2029
The offer went to Chelyabinsk this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets26 Feb 2029
The offer went to Sacachispas this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Umarali Rahmonaliyev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Artur Malievskiy has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Dinamo Minsk have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets26 Feb 2029
Dinamo Minsk asked and Charlton Athletic said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market26 Feb 2029
Add another name to the list: Molodechno have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Artem Sokolovskiy. The answer from Dinamo Minsk has not changed — yet.