The Osipovichi Post
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Both of them Nicolai Spătar's — 8.61
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.61, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Ihor Nekhaev says Osipovichi went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The Osipovichi board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
No thanks: Grigoriy Martyanov rejects the move
Osipovichi had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Torpedo-BelAZ, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Osipovichi
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match6 Mar 2027
Nicolai Spătar sends Osipovichi past Lokomotiv Gomel
It finished 3‑1, and it was Nicolai Spătar’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Osipovichi.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Vladislav Drapeza signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vladislav Drapeza commits to Osipovichi for another 4 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ilya Tishurov 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Osipovichi
Nikita Karpuk 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.
In brief
- The terraces Osipovichi supporters have found a favourite in Grisha Paronyan
- Market Yauhen Malevich steps up from the Osipovichi academy
- Market Ihar Laptev steps up from the Osipovichi academy