The Irtysh Herald
Market26 Jun 2028
Irtysh sell their best player to Aktobe
$1.5M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Player ratings26 Jun 2028
Nobody could get near Yerkebulan Orazov
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces26 Jun 2028
Supporters turn on the $1.5M sale of Anton Simakov
He is going to Aktobe, the club has $1.5M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Irtysh
Rinat Tagybergen 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Nurali Murtazaev 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.
Match24 Jun 2028
Irtysh share the spoils with Taraz
A 1‑1 draw with Taraz leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad26 Jun 2028
When it matters, Rinat Tagybergen plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Shai Belhassen
“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.
Market26 Jun 2028
The Rinat Dosmagambetov conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Akzhaiyk will make the call about Rinat Dosmagambetov this week. Irtysh have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Player ratings Marko Živanović changes it off the bench
- Market Askhat Taykenov leaves for nothing
- Market Maxim Shomko leaves for nothing