The Kuban Gazette
Match23 Sep 2028
Nowhere to hide for Kuban
0‑3 against Dinamo Moscow 2, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match23 Sep 2028
8 matches without a win for Kuban
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Kuban are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Dmitry Yevseyev breaks a bone — 15 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Sep 2028
Jan Piasek puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kuban, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market25 Sep 2028
Only the photograph left for Daniil Melnikov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Daniil Melnikov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kuban the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad25 Sep 2028
A falling-out at Kuban
Ilja Bykovskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Ilja Molteninov
“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.
Boardroom25 Sep 2028
Inquest at Kuban
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Konstantin Mironov to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- Market Rokas Vaitkunas told to find a new club
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Igor Bezdenezhnykh
- Squad Bookings catch up with Ilja Bykovskiy