Edvin Kuč

Defensive Midfielder - Kudrivka
25 Sep 2029
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127 Edition

The Kudrivka Sentinel

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces1 Jan 2029

Supporters organise against the Kudrivka board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Boardroom1 Jan 2029

The scrutiny sharpens at Kudrivka

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Kudrivka is running low.

Match30 Dec 2028

The drought breaks for Kudrivka

10 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Poltava were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Player ratings1 Jan 2029

Age has not caught Jiří Kateřiňák yet — 8.02

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.02 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Tempers go at Kudrivka

Denys Tvardovskyi 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.

The dugout1 Jan 2029

The manager makes an example of Salem M'Bakata

“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.

Match30 Dec 2028

Kudrivka see off Poltava

Three points for Kudrivka, 1‑0 the final word against Poltava in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Jiří Kateřiňák reaches 200 appearances

200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Words at Kudrivka training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Macheliuk 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 Edvin Kuč stays put
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings Nobody could get near Serhii Sten
Back issues
119 Edition

The Kudrivka Sentinel

6 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match4 Nov 2028

A hiding for Kudrivka

Beaten 0‑3 by Kryvbas, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

The dugout6 Nov 2028

Denys Halenkov says Kudrivka went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match4 Nov 2028

The wait goes on for Kudrivka

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match4 Nov 2028

The goals have deserted Kudrivka

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Kudrivka can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad6 Nov 2028

Edvin Kuč stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Edvin Kuč and Kudrivka agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad6 Nov 2028

A falling-out at Kudrivka

Jiří Kateřiňák and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom6 Nov 2028

Nobody left the Kudrivka dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout6 Nov 2028

Oleksandr Kryvtsov answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad6 Nov 2028

Words at Kudrivka training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tymon Proczek 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

69 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Nov 2027

Vincent Aboubakar breaks a bone — 52 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 52 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match17 Nov 2027

Charles Boli sends Neftchi through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Charles Boli obliged against Zagatala. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Neftchi.

Market22 Nov 2027

Freddy Vargas asks to leave Neftchi

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

Edvin Kuč, 34, rolls back the years — 7.96

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.96 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad22 Nov 2027

A row about effort at Neftchi

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Falaye Sacko was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match20 Nov 2027

A bad afternoon for Neftchi against Sabah

1‑2 to Sabah, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The terraces22 Nov 2027

One of their own: Ağadadaş Salyanskiy

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

No hiding place for Kenan Pirić

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kenan Pirić, and the manager let it.

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

Freddy Vargas in the eights

A performance of 8.25 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief