The Chelyabinsk Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Matvey Urvantsev, 21, steals the show — 7.63
Marked 7.63 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Konstantin Kertanov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Khetag Kochiev 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 Chelyabinsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chelyabinsk rebuffed over Khyzyr Appaev
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nart have kept their man, and Chelyabinsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Maksim Danilov joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maksim Danilov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Igor Okulov steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Okulov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Aleksandr Kostin joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksandr Kostin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Yaroslav Kashirin joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yaroslav Kashirin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Chelyabinsk dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Chelyabinsk and Yenisey
- The dugout No hiding place for Nikita Pershin
- The dugout The manager’s verdict