The Zugdidi Chronicle
Match13 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Zugdidi's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zugdidi has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Mar 2027
7 saves: Giorgi Mchedlidze was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Zugdidi
Dimas 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Zugdidi lose Beka Arveladze
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at Zugdidi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jaba Okriashvili 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 dugout15 Mar 2027
Temur Lomadze 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.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Tornike Kakabadze on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Tornike Kakabadze after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Match13 Mar 2027
Zugdidi and Dinamo Tbilisi cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Dinamo Tbilisi came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Mohamed Cherif
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Frank Chileshe
- Market Zugdidi shop where it costs nothing
- Market Talks stall between Zugdidi and Maciej Oziębło