It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Akron 2 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The mood at Akron 2 has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Dmitry Teryaev wins it after the whistle should have gone
93 minutes played. Dmitry Teryaev found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Orenburg 2 went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Batyrby Chermit has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Three points for Akron 2, 1‑0 the final word against Orenburg 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Akron 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexandr Popov 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.
Dmitry Teryaev 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.
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexey Solovjov, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words at Akron 2 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexandr Popov 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.
Dmitry Teryaev 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.