The Volna Courier
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nikolay Rodionov damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match17 Jul 2027
Chastening afternoon for Volna
A 0‑3 beating by Krylya Sovetov 2 was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market19 Jul 2027
Alexandr Shashkov asks to leave Volna
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Dmitry Rebrov 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 Volna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Volna
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Volna counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Volna now.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Artur Kozyrev runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Nikita Filatov joins the Volna first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nikita Filatov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Volna promote Mikhail Bobylev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mikhail Bobylev 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Nikolay Sazonov joins the Volna first team
- Squad Alexandr Popovich falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad The manager makes an example of Gocha Gogrichiani