15
Edition
The Akzhaiyk Sentinel
9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
Roman Yemeljanov 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 Akzhaiyk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Akzhaiyk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marat Baizhanov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Erbol Abiken 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.
In brief
- The dugout Dauren Suyumbayev knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Abzal Shomko
- Squad Azat Tymoshchuk is fit again