The Montana Gazette
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Montana out
Out, 0‑1 to Botev Plovdiv, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Muhammad asks to leave Montana
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Montana's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Montana has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Aleksandar Todorov 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 Montana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Philip Ejike runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Aleksandar Todorov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aleksandar Todorov, and the manager let it.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Montana against Levski
0‑1 to Levski, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Montana lose Nikos Grammatikakis
48 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Aleksandar Todorov gives it away
There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Montana lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Vladislav Tsekov could not do
- Squad Anton Tungarov knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Petar Andreev never got going