Artur Stirus

Central Defender - Oleksandriya U19
17 Jul 2028
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The Oleksandriya Sentinel

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Viktor Dolhyi

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Viktor Tsukanov at 21 — 7.80

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Viktor Tsukanov did not need any: 7.80, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Denys Shostak keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oleksandriya may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

The wait goes on for Oleksandriya

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Mauro Rodrigues 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 Oleksandriya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Viktor Tsukanov

At 21 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.

In brief

Back issues
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The Oleksandriya Sentinel

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Danil Skorko out for 30 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Oleksandriya will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Artem Shulianskyi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oleksandriya can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Braian Álvarez attracts admirers

The name of Braian Álvarez has come up in conversations Oleksandriya were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Ahrobiznes come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Oleksandriya did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Oleksandriya

Fernando Henrique 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.

Squad

Artur Stirus signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Artur Stirus and Oleksandriya agree another 3 years.

In brief