The Kapaz Gazette
Match13 Sep 2028
Kapaz through in the cup
A 2-0 win over AZAL, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match18 Sep 2028
Kapaz sink to position 10
3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market18 Sep 2028
Alen Kurtalić asks to leave Kapaz
“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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
César Bravo keeps Kapaz in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad18 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Mate Abuladze
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match16 Sep 2028
A bad afternoon for Kapaz against Inter
0-1 to Inter, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom18 Sep 2028
The numbers do not look good at Kapaz
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Fərid Nəbiyev asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad18 Sep 2028
A first senior shirt for Ivan Verhun
Every debut is a small story about the future: Ivan Verhun, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
In brief
- Market The Umut Dilek talk will not go away
- Market Kapaz pick up Bertold Lovas for nothing
- Market Artur Sekerin placed on the list