Giovany Herbert

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Kryvbas
26 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Giovany Herbert

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The Kryvbas Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Jhoel Maya at 20 — 8.58

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jhoel Maya did not need any: 8.58, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Kryvbas get their man

The chase for Valentyn Morhun ended with $890.0K changing hands and Kolos out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Volodymyr Mulyk signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Volodymyr Mulyk and Kryvbas agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Kryvbas

Yvan Dibango was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Jhoel Maya

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Jhoel Maya sends Kryvbas past Epicentr

It finished 1‑0, and it was Jhoel Maya’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kryvbas.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Denis-Will Poha

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Kryvbas

6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

Kryvbas pick somebody else ahead of Volodymyr Mulyk

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

Back issues
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The Kryvbas Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

No mercy from Kryvbas

Kudrivka will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Kryvbas were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings

A brace, and Giovany Herbert takes the afternoon — 8.87

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Giovany Herbert provided it, and the 8.87 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Volodymyr Mulyk, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.65

A mark of 8.65 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market

Kryvbas turn down UCSA for Nazar Popov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Kryvbas sign Dmytro Matsapura for $320.0K

The paperwork is done: Dmytro Matsapura joins from Kolos in a deal worth $320.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Yvan Dibango 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 Kryvbas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Volodymyr Mulyk

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Bar Lin named player of the month

The award goes to Bar Lin, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Squad

Bar Lin named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Bar Lin is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief