The Inter Herald
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A first appearance Bahlul Ismayilov will want to forget — 5.78
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.78, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Sandro Altunashvili in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match21 Nov 2026
Umut Yildiz the difference as Inter beat Kapaz
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Umut Yildiz. 3‑1 against Kapaz, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
Inter supporters have found a favourite in Namig Mammadov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Namig Mammadov 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Umut Yildiz at the heart of a fast Inter start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Umut Yildiz in the middle of it, and Kapaz unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Inter lose Rahid Guseynov
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Inter training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kerem Akgun 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 ratings23 Nov 2026
One of those days for Umut Yildiz
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A promise honoured for Rufat Ramazanov
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Inter told Rufat Ramazanov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
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