The Spartak Moscow 2 Chronicle
Match20 Nov 2027
Vadim Tsygankov leads the rout of Cherepovets
3‑0, and Vadim Tsygankov took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Spartak Moscow 2 tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Match22 Nov 2027
Spartak Moscow 2 up to position 2
34 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
No sign of nerves from Vadim Tsygankov at 19 — 9.36
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vadim Tsygankov did not need any: 9.36, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad22 Nov 2027
3 goals for Vadim Tsygankov
The match ball belongs to Vadim Tsygankov, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Remember the name: Ilja Ivarlak
He is 18, he is averaging 7.38, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Match20 Nov 2027
Still nobody has beaten Spartak Moscow 2
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
Spartak Moscow 2 supporters have found a favourite in Yaroslav Melnikov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Yaroslav Melnikov 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Spartak Moscow 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roman Zobnin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Ruslan Pichienko 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 Spartak Moscow 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Boardroom Inquest at Spartak Moscow 2
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Boris Skvortsov
- Market The Makar Vysochenko question follows Spartak Moscow 2 around