The Rodina Sentinel
Match15 Aug 2026
Rodina tear Neftekhimik apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Neftekhimik, and it could have been more.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Artem Maximenko takes the afternoon — 9.08
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Artem Maximenko provided it, and the 9.08 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
Not going: Ilja Svinov stays at Rodina
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Sokol had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market17 Aug 2026
Rodina turn down Spartaks for Ivan Timoshenko
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match15 Aug 2026
Rodina cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rodina
Brian Mansilla 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Goal number 50 for Artem Maximenko
50 goals in these colours now, every one of them somebody’s memory. There is a supporter in the stand who can tell you where he was for most of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Yordy Reyna runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Rodina training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kerfala Cissoko 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.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Rodina
- Transfer targets Rodina ask about Vladislav Torop
- The dugout The view from the dugout