The Osipovichi Post
Market22 Mar 2027
Only the photograph left for Ruslan Belov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ruslan Belov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Osipovichi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A one-man rearguard from Ruslan Belov
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Osipovichi
Nazar Terpugov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
Wages eat 166% of everything Osipovichi earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match20 Mar 2027
Naftan take the points off Osipovichi
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Vitaliy Hleb: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Ivan Stosh gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Hleb Volodko makes his debut at 14
At 14 years old, Hleb Volodko became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Dmitry Lapin knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Dmitry Lapin trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings Artem Zimin was unplayable
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Maxim Mardas
- Market Ruslan Belov runs his contract down