The Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Courier
Squad2 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ruslan Sirenko
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Maksym Vorona keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Metalurh Zaporizhzhia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market2 Aug 2027
Dmytro Irodovskyi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Metalurh Zaporizhzhia can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Ivan Kaliuzhnyi pops up at the right end — 7.50
7.50, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
An order from above at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Ivan Holovkin out for 33 days
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Ivan Holovkin, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Oleksandr Lytvynenko 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.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Door shut on Ruslan Buriak
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia asked and Prykarpattia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Eduard Babenko joins the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia first team
- Market One of our own: Kostiantyn Shaparenko joins the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia first team
- Market Andriy Sudakov steps up from the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy