The Orsha Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Vilgelm Berg would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Vilgelm Berg is living that version at Orsha, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gleb Zheleznikov 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 Orsha this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Abdulaziz Lawal 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Orsha get the job done against Belshina
A 1‑0 win over Belshina, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roman Kravchenko signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Roman Kravchenko and Orsha agree another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Orsha and Egor Yuschenko
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Gleb Zheleznikov's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Orsha on Egor Yuschenko
He is 20, and nobody at Orsha signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Orsha on Ruslan Filipenko
He is 17, and nobody at Orsha signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Artem Antonov
- Player ratings Gleb Zheleznikov runs at them all day