The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A debut Ivan Klimovich will not forget — 7.46
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.46 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Market3 Aug 2026
Aliaksandr Martynovich 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 The request is on a desk at Lokomotiv Gomel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Valery Filipenko 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 Lokomotiv Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sergey Guzarevich
Lokomotiv Gomel asked and Neman said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Lokomotiv Gomel
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yuri Yablonski was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ostrovets join the queue for Ruslan Rios
Add another name to the list: Ostrovets have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ruslan Rios. The answer from Lokomotiv Gomel has not changed — yet.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Valery Gordeichuk
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Andrei Pavlov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Lokomotiv Gomel has been clear about where Andrei Pavlov stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Sergei Rios on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Sergei Rios after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- The dugout Valery Filipenko knocks on the manager’s door
- Match Lokomotiv Gomel draw a blank against Belshina
- Squad Hleb Martynovich, 19, gets his chance