Marked for Anton Yevdokymov
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Podillia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match30 Nov 2026
Podillia sink to position 14
12 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Anton Yevdokymov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Anton Savin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Podillia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 178% of everything Podillia earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Podillia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vadym Shavrin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match2 Nov 2026
Podillia are in real trouble now
Position 15, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market2 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Podillia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match31 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Podillia
7 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Podillia cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 178% of the Podillia income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Podillia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oleksii Bezruchuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Ruslan Dedukh 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.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Podillia
6 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podillia can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Podillia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Anton Savin beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Anton Savin 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Podillia
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Podillia can tell you which week it ends in.
Match24 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Podillia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadym Shavrin 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
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Squad
Too much change too quickly at Podillia
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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The dugout
Anton Yevdokymov knocks on the manager's door
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Crisis
Squad19 Oct 2026
10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Nazar Lys keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Podillia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match17 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Podillia's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Podillia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Podillia
Anton Savin and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match17 Oct 2026
0‑2 to Bukovyna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Podillia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadym Shavrin 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
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Crisis
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Podillia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match10 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Podillia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Podillia are no longer polite ones.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Podillia
Anton Savin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match10 Oct 2026
Prykarpattia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Nazar Lys 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Podillia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pavlo Savchuk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The plan did not have a place for Anton Yevdokymov
Nobody at Podillia is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
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Steady
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Podillia
Anton Savin and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Podillia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pavlo Savchuk 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Match19 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Ahrobiznes will be the happier side with the point.
Looking ahead21 Sep 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Inhulets in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Crisis
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.57 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Anton Savin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Podillia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match5 Sep 2026
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Anton Yevdokymov, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Podillia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadym Shavrin 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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 2‑3 Oleksiy Kulach left the room before anybody could ask which.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Rostyslav Baran is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
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Crisis
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Podillia's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Podillia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Podillia
Anton Savin and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Obolon have kept their man, and Podillia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match22 Aug 2026
Vorskla left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Podillia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadym Shavrin 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Oleksiy Kulach after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oleh Kovalenko and Podillia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
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Crisis
Squad17 Aug 2026
Anton Yevdokymov arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Anton Yevdokymov has, at Podillia, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Podillia
Anton Savin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Vadym Shavrin 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Podillia will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. 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 dugout17 Aug 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Illia Karavashchenko trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.