The Zugdidi Chronicle
Market7 Jun 2027
Goga Chakvetadze 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 Zugdidi can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Jun 2027
5 matches without a win for Zugdidi
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Zugdidi are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Zugdidi
Dimas 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.
Player ratings7 Jun 2027
Mohamed Cherif beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Door shut on Oto Goshadze
Zugdidi asked and Shukura said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
Jaba Ananidze counts the days
“I watch every Zugdidi game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Chikhura runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Airton 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Words at Zugdidi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maciej Oziębło 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.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Tornike Kakabadze: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- Market No place for Mamuka Zivzivadze in the plan
- Squad Airton has had enough of the bench
- The dugout Maciej Oziębło dropped after a run of poor form