The Chelyabinsk Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Garrik Levin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chelyabinsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Daniil Veselov
Chelyabinsk asked and Lokomotiv Moscow said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Chelyabinsk come up short against Yenisey
Yenisey left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mikhail Dudko steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikhail Dudko has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maksim Matveev steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksim Matveev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Chelyabinsk promote Yuri Rogov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yuri Rogov 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
Chelyabinsk promote Evgeniy Semyonov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Evgeniy Semyonov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ilja Tuseev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Chelyabinsk dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Transfer targets A loan move for Dmitry Pestryakov is in the works
- The dugout The form table has caught Felix Chapliev