The Sapovnela Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sandro Shugladze stands alone
26 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Sapovnela
0‑13 against Lokomotivi, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sandro Shugladze signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sandro Shugladze commits to Sapovnela for another 1 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
13 goals as Sapovnela and Lokomotivi go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 13 goals between Sapovnela and Lokomotivi, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Celsinho 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Tornike Kirkitadze
Sapovnela asked and Dinamo Batumi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Sandro Shugladze in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sandro Shugladze has his answer from Sapovnela; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tony already looking beyond Sapovnela
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marcelão is a square peg at Sapovnela
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Sapovnela dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout Otar Ananidze: “No excuses”
- Transfer targets Sapovnela try to borrow Giorgi Todua