The Chertanovo Herald
Market19 Jul 2027
German Mikadze asks to leave Chertanovo
“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 terraces19 Jul 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 10 of the 31 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Joaquín Gómez
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Chertanovo
Matvey Melnikov 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Chertanovo
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match17 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for Chertanovo against Yenisey 2
0‑2 to Yenisey 2, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Igor Nesterov joins the Chertanovo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igor Nesterov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Georgy Nikiforov steps up from the Chertanovo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Georgy Nikiforov 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
Chertanovo promote Sergei Erofeev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergei Erofeev 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.
In brief
- Squad Vladimir Bartasevich gets it from the manager
- Squad Ivan Polyakov falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Ramil Gainullin stays put