The Luki-Energiya Courier
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Luki-Energiya
Dmitry Saganovich was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Yegor Pankov was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.10. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Lev Ushakhin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lev Ushakhin, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Alexandr Galimov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Dec 2026
Yegor Pankov rescues a point for Luki-Energiya
It needed Yegor Pankov to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Spartak Moscow 2, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Evgeniy Demidov was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Luki-Energiya dressing room was either.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Dmitry Saganovich knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Luki-Energiya, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Looking ahead14 Dec 2026
The leaders are next for Luki-Energiya
Zenit 2 top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Stepan Yevseyev makes his debut at 16
At 16 years old, Stepan Yevseyev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- Market The Alexandr Kukharchuk story refuses to die
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Lev Ushakhin
- Market Lev Ushakhin runs his contract down