The Veles Post
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ilja Kuptsov wins the shoot-out
4 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Match19 Aug 2026
Veles through in the cup
A 2‑2 win over Khimik, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match22 Aug 2026
Veles win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 90th minute. Leningradets will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market24 Aug 2026
Artur Koloskov 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 Veles can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Mikhail Rybalko goes up and wins it — 7.67
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.67 for the rest of it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Veles
Dmitry Sadov 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Veles find a way past Leningradets
Leningradets made Veles work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yury Zavezen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yury Zavezen, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Karim Giraev
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
In brief
- The dugout Nil Moiseev: “That is the standard”
- The dugout Dmitry Sadov gets picked when it counts
- Player ratings Kirill Korolkov was unplayable