The Rodina Sentinel
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ruslan Fischenko was immovable
34 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kirill Ushatov has been here 8 seasons
127 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Leo Goglichidze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Leo Goglichidze and Rodina agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rodina
Yordy Reyna 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Artem Maximenko 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Rodina get the job done against Chelyabinsk
A 2‑0 win over Chelyabinsk, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ilja Svinov attracts admirers
The name of Ilja Svinov has come up in conversations Rodina were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Leo Goglichidze was immovable
19 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Rodina and Mitja Križan
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Rodina, another week without a signature from Mitja Križan.
In brief
- Player ratings Vladislav Samko runs at them all day
- Player ratings Kerfala Cissoko was the difference for Rodina
- Market Magomedkhabib Abdusalamov told to find a new club