The Sokol Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vladimir Kovačević 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 Sokol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sokol beat the market to Elnur Khalygov from Cherepovets
Cherepovets will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Elnur Khalygov has pre-agreed a move to Sokol, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roman Pasevich falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vladislav Lazarev 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Roman Pasevich
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sokol and Pavel Kireenko are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sokol buy the years ahead of Boris Ivanov
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sokol sign Aleksey Yefremov, one for the future
Aleksey Yefremov is 14, and Sokol have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sokol sign Alexandr Yelizarov, one for the future
Alexandr Yelizarov is 14, and Sokol have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Match No goals between Sokol and Torpedo Moscow
- Squad Mario Pokar still has not settled