The Vitebsk Herald
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Alexandr Burnos keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vitebsk may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Mikhail Bashilov pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Vitebsk lose Yahor Martynovich
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Nikita Naumov is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Evgeniy Novykh named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Evgeniy Novykh is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Sergey Tikhonovskiy
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout Zakhar Chervyakov gets picked when it counts
- Squad Good reports on Mikhail Bashilov