The Metallurg Herald
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Ibrohim G'anixonov scores twice — 8.61
Two goals and a mark of 8.61 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market5 Jun 2028
Azizbek Ergashaliyev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Metallurg can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Asadbek Sobirjonov is a medical away from Metallurg
The deal with AGMK is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Real improvement from Hugo Feliks Väljamäe at Metallurg
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Hugo Feliks Väljamäe is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Metallurg
Shahriyor Jabborov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match3 Jun 2028
AGMK take the points off Metallurg
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
Shaxzod Shaymanov frozen out at Metallurg
This is not rotation. Shaxzod Shaymanov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Metallurg is pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Words at Metallurg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Golubović 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 dugout5 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Dilshod Murtazoyev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dilshod Murtazoyev, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Farruh Agayev stays put
- The dugout Mirzo Mirzaev: “No excuses”
- Boardroom Wages eat 91% of everything Metallurg earn