The Spartak Moscow 2 Chronicle
Match9 Sep 2028
Still nobody has beaten Spartak Moscow 2
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Roman Zobnin 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 Spartak Moscow 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market11 Sep 2028
Yenisey are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Spartak Moscow 2 will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Nikita Chernov shuts the door
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Ilja Ivarlak runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Maxim Karaev gets it from the manager
“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.
Boardroom11 Sep 2028
Inquest at Spartak Moscow 2
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Danil Makushenko signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Danil Makushenko commits to Spartak Moscow 2 for another 4 years.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Makar Vysochenko shuts the door
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Squad Maxim Karaev has had enough of the bench
- Player ratings Nothing got past Matvey Kuznetsov
- Match Point won or two lost for Spartak Moscow 2?