The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier
Match28 Aug 2027
The small margins put Metalurh Zaporizhzhia out
Out, 0‑5 to Metalist, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad30 Aug 2027
8 saves: Efe Salih Oksal was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A debut Valentyn Zinchenko will not forget — 7.26
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.26 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
A cup embarrassment at Metalist follows Metalurh Zaporizhzhia home
0-5. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Remember the name: Yehor Zaichenko
He is 19, he is averaging 6.61, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Artem Korobchenko due for a Metalurh Zaporizhzhia medical
Everything agreed with Kolos, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Ivan Mamrosenko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match25 Aug 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and Metalist in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oleh Horin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Oleksandr Postemskyi
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Vladyslav Nekhtiy
- Boardroom Nobody left the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia dressing room in a hurry