The Cherepovets Herald
Market13 Nov 2028
Stepan Asharin is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cherepovets is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market13 Nov 2028
Dmitry Popov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cherepovets, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings13 Nov 2028
Kofi Duffour runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match11 Nov 2028
A bad afternoon for Cherepovets against Irkutsk
0‑1 to Irkutsk, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Lev Akulov 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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Mikhail Mikaelyan asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Cherepovets pick somebody else ahead of Ivan Timofeyev
- Market The Zakhar Badyuk story refuses to die
- Market Zakhar Badyuk placed on the list
- Squad Aleksandre Katamadze left out for tactical reasons at Cherepovets