The Torpedo Moscow Courier
Match12 Sep 2026
Alexey Kashtanov breaks Chaika hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Alexey Kashtanov scored in the 86th minute, Chaika had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Torpedo Moscow took the lot.
Market14 Sep 2026
Torpedo Moscow turn down Baltika for Dmitry Tsypchenko
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 14 in, 4 out at Torpedo Moscow
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 14 arrived, 4 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Match12 Sep 2026
Whatever happens, Torpedo Moscow 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Mario Ćurić 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Torpedo Moscow promote German Goryachev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. German Goryachev 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Torpedo Moscow promote Nikolay Filatov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nikolay Filatov 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Alexey Kashtanov the difference as Torpedo Moscow beat Chaika
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Alexey Kashtanov. 1‑0 against Chaika, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Bojan Roganović 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Ruslan Apekov
- The dugout A promise honoured at Torpedo Moscow
- The dugout The view from the dugout