The Zorya Courier
Market25 Jan 2027
Only the photograph left for Illia Karavashchenko
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Illia Karavashchenko will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Zorya the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Zorya
Jordan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match23 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Zorya against Poltava
0‑1 to Poltava, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Zorya
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andrija Janjić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Roman Vantukh gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Inquest at Zorya
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Artem Slesar was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Anton Hlushchenko is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Viktor Shaparenko to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- The dugout No place for Juninho on the big day
- Market No place for Ihor Perduta in the plan
- Player ratings An afternoon Anton Hlushchenko will want back