The Sochi Sentinel
Squad23 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Sochi
Chinonso Offor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Loan watch23 Apr 2029
16 goals on loan for Abu-Said Eldarushev
26 appearances at Adana Demirspor and the goals keep coming. Sochi are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Krasian Kolev 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.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
One of those days for Danil Anosov
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Makar Chirkov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad23 Apr 2029
A Sochi teenager takes the young player award
Eduard Chernyshov is 15, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Danil Anosov gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Danil Anosov is on it.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Dmitriy Ustinov makes his debut at 16
At 16 years old, Dmitriy Ustinov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
A door opens for Stepan Glotov
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Market Sochi put Vladislav Levin up for sale
- The dugout The manager comes out for Krasian Kolev
- Loan watch Maxim Kainov's loan at Yenisey nearly up