The Gagra Sentinel
Squad17 May 2027
83 days out for Jacó after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gagra will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match17 May 2027
Gagra are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 20 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
The dugout17 May 2027
Aleksandre Peikrishvili: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gagra have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 May 2027
Jacó 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 Gagra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 May 2027
One of their own: Diego Deisadze
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 May 2027
Diego Deisadze the difference as Gagra beat Lokomotivi
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Diego Deisadze. 2‑0 against Lokomotivi, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad17 May 2027
A row about effort at Gagra
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bruno Henrique was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings17 May 2027
A masterclass from Viktor Bliznichenko
Marked 8.18 — 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 dugout17 May 2027
No hiding place for Café
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Café, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Shota Lobjanidze
- The dugout Oleksandr Vorobey has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead Mate Tsintsadze faces his old club