The Shamakhi Herald
Squad12 Oct 2026
Gui Campana wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Shamakhi know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Shamakhi
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Antônio Falcão was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Shamakhi
Karim Rossi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Time is catching up with Bamba Diarrassouba
Everybody at Shamakhi saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 38 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Shamakhi keep their word to Abbas Hüseynov
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Nihat Mehralıyev gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Ayaz Guliev goes back to face Sabah
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ayaz Guliev’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Shamakhi needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market12 Oct 2026
Shamakhi and Jean Carlos are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market12 Oct 2026
Rüfat Abbasov linked with a move away
The name of Rüfat Abbasov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Shamakhi say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Cézar a promise
- Market The shop window has Bamba Diarrassouba in it
- The dugout Bamba Diarrassouba knocks on the manager’s door