Ivan Sivakov

Right Midfielder - Smorgon U20
12 Nov 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ivan Sivakov

116 Edition

The Smorgon Herald

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Edgar Nanque: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Smorgon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Smorgon

Kirill Kirilenko 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

Dylan Murugesapillai falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

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The Smorgon Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Dmitriy Simankov breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings

A brace, and David Espínola takes the afternoon — 8.43

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. David Espínola provided it, and the 8.43 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Vladislav Vasilyuchek signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vladislav Vasilyuchek and Smorgon agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Smorgon

Vladislav Vasilyuchek 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Smorgon

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.

Squad

Matvey Dukso falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

David Espínola the difference as Smorgon beat Dinamo Brest

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: David Espínola. 2‑1 against Dinamo Brest, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

Smorgon supporters have found a favourite in Matvey Dukso

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Matvey Dukso has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Matvey Dukso 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.

In brief