The Zenit Penza Post
Match17 Jul 2027
A hiding for Zenit Penza
Beaten 0‑3 by Dinamo St Petersburg, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Timur Zainullin stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Mukhamed Mizaushev says Zenit Penza 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Kyzyltash come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zenit Penza did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Zenit Penza
Alexey Naidenov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Zenit Penza baulk at the price for Yegor Postrigan
Orenburg wanted more than $87.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Zenit Penza
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Zenit Penza rebuffed over Daniil Chernyakov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Metallurg have kept their man, and Zenit Penza go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match17 Jul 2027
The goals have deserted Zenit Penza
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Zenit Penza can tell you which week it ends in.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Zenit Penza
- Market Alexandr Korolev steps up from the Zenit Penza academy
- Market Danila Shatov steps up from the Zenit Penza academy