The Rotor Gazette
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Irakly Manelov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 34. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Benjamín Sagües Barreiro, 19, steals the show — 7.70
Marked 7.70 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Rotor
Irakly Manelov 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Benjamín Sagües Barreiro’s goal not enough for Rotor
Benjamín Sagües Barreiro scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Neftekhimik, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Nikita Chagrov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikita Chagrov, and the manager let it.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Timofey Myasnikov joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timofey Myasnikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Aleksandr Smirnov joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksandr Smirnov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
200 appearances for Artem Simonyan
200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Vitaliy Zorin answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.