The Sevastopol Courier
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Sevastopol
Rustam Vazitdinov 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Artem Stepanovich falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Bekkhan Aliev 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.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Bekkhan Aliev has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sevastopol will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market15 Mar 2027
The Rustam Vazitdinov talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sevastopol know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Match15 Mar 2027
Sevastopol have something to play for
Position 5 on 47 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
- Squad Daniil Dmitriev still has not settled
- Market Still no signature from Lev Potapov
- Squad Vladimir Tolmachev is not doing himself any favours