The Obod Sentinel
Match5 Apr 2028
Cup progress for Obod
A 2‑1 win over Neftchi, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match8 Apr 2028
Obod tear Metallurg apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Metallurg, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Rustam Ismailov scores twice — 8.45
Two goals and a mark of 8.45 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Jasur Ahmedov, 21, steals the show — 7.77
Marked 7.77 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market10 Apr 2028
Amir Ismailov 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 Obod can pretend not to have heard.
Match8 Apr 2028
Nobody wants to play Obod right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Obod
Mahmud Jo'raboyev 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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Nodir Fayzullaev falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces10 Apr 2028
Obod supporters have found a favourite in Azamat Komilov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Azamat Komilov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Squad Jaloliddin Ganiev out for 30 days
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Sardor Ahmedov
- The terraces Obod's travelling support get something back at Neftchi