The Kudrivka Sentinel
Market11 Oct 2027
Kaya Makosso 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 The request is on a desk at Kudrivka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
No sign of nerves from Jair Collahuazo at 21 — 8.67
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jair Collahuazo did not need any: 8.67, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Oleksandr Bieliaiev 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 Kudrivka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words at Kudrivka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oleksii Khakhliov 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.
Match9 Oct 2027
Kudrivka get the job done against Prykarpattia
A 2‑1 win over Prykarpattia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces11 Oct 2027
Kudrivka supporters have found a favourite in Jair Collahuazo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Jair Collahuazo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad11 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Kaya Makosso
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kaya Makosso, and the manager let it.
Player ratings11 Oct 2027
Hakim El Mokeddem was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.35. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Kudrivka count the cost of losing Danylo Voitko
25 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Oleksandr Bieliaiev runs at them all day
- Market Oleksandr Bieliaiev linked with a move away
- The terraces The press have found their man in Jair Collahuazo