Lev Antonov

Striker - Free Agent
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Marked for Lev Antonov

69 Edition

The Torpedo Vladimir Sentinel

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad22 Nov 2027

The knee: Lev Antonov out for 14 days

14 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Torpedo Vladimir lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

Up for the corner, and Alexandr Korenblyum delivers — 7.66

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Alexandr Korenblyum scored, was marked 7.66, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

Konstantin Simakov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Words at Torpedo Vladimir training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Konstantin Popov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Ilja Mescheryakov 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 Torpedo Vladimir this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

No hiding place for Alimkhan Alimkhanov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alimkhan Alimkhanov, and the manager let it.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Pedro Ramos wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Torpedo Vladimir know it.

Match22 Nov 2027

Torpedo Vladimir at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 9, 21 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

Match20 Nov 2027

Honours even between Torpedo Vladimir and Zvezda

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

Back issues
68 Edition

The Torpedo Vladimir Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Nov 2027

Lev Antonov damages knee ligaments — 21 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 21 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.

Market15 Nov 2027

Alexandr Korenblyum hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout15 Nov 2027

Rizvan Tashaev says Torpedo Vladimir 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.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Words at Torpedo Vladimir training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alimkhan Alimkhanov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Tempers go at Torpedo Vladimir

Daniil Kleiner 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.

The dugout15 Nov 2027

Torpedo Vladimir keep their word to Ilja Mescheryakov

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout15 Nov 2027

Alimkhan Alimkhanov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead15 Nov 2027

A reunion for Danil Sobolev

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Zvezda in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market15 Nov 2027

Maxim Vafiev linked with a move away

The name of Maxim Vafiev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Torpedo Vladimir say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

67 Edition

The Torpedo Vladimir Sentinel

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad8 Nov 2027

Lev Antonov damages knee ligaments — 28 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 28 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.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Alexandr Korenblyum 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 Nov 2027

Words exchanged at Torpedo Vladimir

Ilja Mescheryakov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

No hiding place for Maxim Vafiev

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maxim Vafiev, and the manager let it.

Player ratings8 Nov 2027

One of those days for Konstantin Popov

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.17, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Boardroom8 Nov 2027

Torpedo Vladimir are $2.6M in the red

The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.

Match6 Nov 2027

Torpedo Vladimir share the spoils with Murom

A 2‑2 draw with Murom leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Maxim Vafiev makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

Daniil Kleiner is still paying for one afternoon at Torpedo Vladimir

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief