The Ravan Chronicle
Market3 Sep 2029
Renat Khalilzade puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ravan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match1 Sep 2029
4 matches without a win for Ravan
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ravan are no longer polite ones.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Ravan
Əli Səmədov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Words at Ravan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mahir Medvedev 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.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
Nobody could get near Samir Nadirov
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Samir Nadirov 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.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Home is on Maksim Podholjuzin's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Ravan are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market3 Sep 2029
Vahagn Hayrapetyan is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ravan has been clear about where Vahagn Hayrapetyan stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match1 Sep 2029
Honours even between Ravan and Gabala
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Market The Rahid Jafarov talk will not go away
- Market Ravan and Richard Nazarov are talking past each other