Yahor Sivakov

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Naftan U18
1 May 2030
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Marked for Yahor Sivakov

194 Edition

The Naftan Gazette

15 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad15 Apr 2030

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yahor Sivakov

20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Naftan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad15 Apr 2030

Roman Zhoglo says Naftan went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad15 Apr 2030

Artem Antipov 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 Naftan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad15 Apr 2030

Aleksandar Pantić 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.

Match13 Apr 2030

Dinamo Minsk take the points off Naftan

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings15 Apr 2030

Matvey Susha never got going

5.80 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

Back issues
193 Edition

The Naftan Gazette

8 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Match3 Apr 2030

Naftan through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Lida, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad8 Apr 2030

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yahor Sivakov

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Naftan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings8 Apr 2030

A debut Sergei Shikavka will not forget — 7.42

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.42 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Market8 Apr 2030

Vadim Yakovlev asks to leave Naftan

“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.

Market8 Apr 2030

Mohammed Al-Khaibari has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Naftan they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad8 Apr 2030

Aleksandar Pantić 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.

The terraces8 Apr 2030

Naftan supporters have found a favourite in Artem Antipov

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Artem Antipov 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.

Match6 Apr 2030

Artem Antipov sends Naftan past Isloch

It finished 1‑0, and it was Artem Antipov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Naftan.

Squad8 Apr 2030

No hiding place for Ivan Tolkachev

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivan Tolkachev, and the manager let it.

In brief