The Krylya Sovetov Sentinel
Squad30 Oct 2028
A fracture rules Nikita Kokarev out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Krylya Sovetov will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad30 Oct 2028
6 saves: Petr Kosarevskiy was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
António Luís: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Krylya Sovetov have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Words at Krylya Sovetov training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rubens 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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Krylya Sovetov
Bogdan Jočić 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.
Match28 Oct 2028
Vladimir Ignatenko’s goal not enough for Krylya Sovetov
Vladimir Ignatenko scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to CSKA Moscow, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
No hiding place for Dimitris Kourbelis
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dimitris Kourbelis, and the manager let it.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Krylya Sovetov keep their word to Alexandr Rudenko
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Radomir Kabanov faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Radomir Kabanov after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Player ratings Rubens runs at them all day
- Looking ahead A reunion for Alexandr Rudenko
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Alexey Belikov’s exile