The Ufa Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Danil Lipovoy runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 39. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ivan Lomaev 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 Ufa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Viktor Yershov steps up from the Ufa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Viktor 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: Anton Pokrovsky joins the Ufa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anton Pokrovsky 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: Vasily Gubin joins the Ufa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vasily Gubin 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
Nikolai Abdulov steps up from the Ufa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nikolai Abdulov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ilja Agapov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ufa try to borrow Tom Louchet
PAOK have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ufa try to borrow Dmitry Skopintsev
Dinamo Moscow have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Match Ufa and KAMAZ take a point apiece
- The dugout Vyacheslav Blokhin on the point
- Looking ahead Vasily Cherov faces his old club