The Fakel Courier
Market19 Jul 2027
Vyacheslav Yakimov asks to leave Fakel
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Ravil Netfullin says Fakel went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Fakel
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Fakel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Darko Todorović 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Vyacheslav Yakimov 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 Fakel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Jul 2027
Krasnodar take the points off Fakel
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market19 Jul 2027
Maksim Shevtsov steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksim Shevtsov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Fakel promote Ruslan Zaytsev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ruslan Zaytsev has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Rodion Laptev joins the Fakel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodion Laptev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Daniil Frolkin gets it from the manager
- Squad Fakel lose Foma Kudryashov
- Boardroom Fakel board go back on their word