The Veles Post
Match16 Aug 2028
Cup progress for Veles
A 2‑1 win over Torpedo Vladimir, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match16 Aug 2028
Cruel end for Torpedo Vladimir as Veles pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Veles scored in the 95th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Bogdan Kudryavtsev could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.26
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.26, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Market21 Aug 2028
Alexander Nathan asks to leave Veles
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Arseniy Zyuzin, 16, plays like he has been here for years — 7.72
A mark of 7.72 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 16-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Kirill Skvortsov is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Veles
Dmitry Sergeev 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 ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Kirill Korolkov
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, Veles do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
In brief
- Squad Zakhar Tarasenko falls out with a teammate over standards
- The terraces Veles supporters have found a favourite in Ionafan Sapozhnikov
- Boardroom Veles cannot sign anybody