The Druzhba Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Druzhba taken apart
0‑3 to Nart, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Tamerlan Khachirov was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jordon Ibe stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jordon Ibe and Druzhba agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Druzhba
Tamerlan Khachirov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Grigory Lovtsov
Druzhba asked and Krasnodar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Druzhba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordon Ibe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
Druzhba promote Evgeny Sidorenko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Evgeny Sidorenko has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dmitry Rusakov joins the Druzhba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dmitry Rusakov 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
Druzhba promote Ilya Lyubimov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ilya Lyubimov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Grigory Yefimov steps up from the Druzhba academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Zaid Koblev
- Player ratings Jordon Ibe was unplayable