Marked for Mikhail Markin
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Neman may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Neman
Petar Vitanov 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.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
“I watch every Neman game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Slavia Mozyr runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Neman may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Neman
Petar Vitanov 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kamil Mullin, and the manager let it.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
“I did not go to Osipovichi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Neman and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match17 Apr 2027
Point won or two lost for Neman?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against BATE? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Neman can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Neman have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Neman this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market1 Mar 2027
Add another name to the list: Orsha have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Artur Nazarenko. The answer from Neman has not changed — yet.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexandr Golovachev commits to Neman for another 3 years.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Mikhail Markin
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Neman this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikhail Kozlov, and the manager let it.
Market18 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Neman know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.