The Torpedo Moscow Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Mario Ćurić scores twice — 7.91
Two goals and a mark of 7.91 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Torpedo Moscow
Mario Ćurić 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Mario Ćurić sends Torpedo Moscow past Sokol
It finished 2‑0, and it was Mario Ćurić’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Torpedo Moscow.
Market10 Aug 2026
Torpedo Moscow promote Andrei Shubin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrei Shubin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Artyom Zaitsev joins the Torpedo Moscow first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Artyom Zaitsev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Radomir Karpov joins the Torpedo Moscow first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Radomir Karpov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Torpedo Moscow promote Viktor Bocharov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Bocharov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Okoronkwo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cherif Koroma stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cherif Koroma and Torpedo Moscow agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout Viktor Polivanov has his say
- Squad Cherif Koroma is a square peg at Torpedo Moscow
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Bojan Roganović