The Rubin Post
Match22 Aug 2026
Rubin run riot against Nizhniy Novgorod
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Rubin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igor Vujačić 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Rubin
Ugochukwu Iwu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nazmi Gripshi in the eights
A performance of 8.26 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Vladislav Baranov, on a 3‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Yegor Teslenko does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Vincent Sierro
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Rubin has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Bogdan Jočić was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 10. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Igor Vujačić has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Igor Vujačić keeps the shirt for now, at Rubin's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon ran through Ruslan Bezrukov
- Market Rubin borrow Maxim Vityugov
- Market Vincent Sierro joins Rubin on a free