The key facts
- Lokomotiv lost 0:1 to Rubin at home on November 6 — their third consecutive defeat in the championship
- Yuri Nagornykh apologized to the fans for the first part of the season
- Immediately after the match, the club announced the departure of head coach Mikhail Galaktionov
Defeat, apology and dismissal in a single evening
On November 6, Moscow Lokomotiv lost at home at the RZD Arena to Kazan Rubin 0:1 in the 14th round match of the Russian Premier League. The only goal was scored in the 71st minute by Rubin defender Yegor Teslenko. For the railwaymen, this defeat was their third in a row in the Russian championship.
The management's words and the decision on the coach
Club board chairman Yuri Nagornykh apologized to the fans for the first part of the season: according to him, the team 'is not yet showing the kind of game the fans expect from us,' and he expressed confidence that the club would fix the situation. Immediately after the match, at the post-match press conference, Nagornykh announced the early termination of the contract with head coach Mikhail Galaktionov, who had led the team since November 2022.
League standings and the background to the dismissal
After 14 rounds, Lokomotiv has gained only 11 points and sits in 15th, second-to-last place in the RPL table — the direct relegation zone from the top division. According to Life.ru, Galaktionov had earlier himself expressed a desire to leave his post after the crushing 0:4 defeat to Spartak; at that time it was reported that an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors was planned to discuss the dismissal and the terms of contract termination. Thus, the decision announced on November 6 effectively completed the process that began after the Spartak match: the question of the coach's departure, raised by the specialist himself, was resolved by the club immediately after the third consecutive defeat.
