The Zarya Lugansk Sentinel
Squad20 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Zarya Lugansk
Nikita Antipov 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.
Match18 Sep 2027
A bad afternoon for Zarya Lugansk against Torpedo Miass
1‑3 to Torpedo Miass, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market20 Sep 2027
One of our own: Alexandr Protasov joins the Zarya Lugansk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexandr Protasov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market20 Sep 2027
One of our own: Mark Nikolayev joins the Zarya Lugansk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Nikolayev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market20 Sep 2027
Zarya Lugansk promote Timofey Okulov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timofey Okulov 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.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Krystian Matwiejczuk
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Krystian Matwiejczuk, and the manager let it.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Words at Zarya Lugansk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gor Ghazaryan 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.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
Alexey Pavlov: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Krystian Matwiejczuk suspended
One booking too many, and Krystian Matwiejczuk sits out. Zarya Lugansk lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
In brief
- Squad Stepan Asharin has had enough of the bench
- The dugout Gor Ghazaryan knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout No place in the plan for Pavel Gritsun