The Chelyabinsk Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ramazan Gadjimuradov
Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Denis Pokotylo at 20 — 8.22
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Denis Pokotylo did not need any: 8.22, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Garrik Levin 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 Chelyabinsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chelyabinsk rebuffed over Artem Zakirov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Alania have kept their man, and Chelyabinsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Denis Pokotylo
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Igor Yershov steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Yershov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fyodor Zimin joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fyodor Zimin 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
Oleg Shuvalov steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oleg Shuvalov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mikhail Mamonov steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikhail Mamonov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Transfer targets Chelyabinsk ask about Denis Terekhov
- The dugout Viktor Matveev on the point
- The dugout Chelyabinsk pick somebody else ahead of Nikita Zyryanov