The Zugdidi Chronicle
Match12 Aug 2026
Zugdidi bow out of the cup
Torpedo Kutaisi go through and Zugdidi go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market17 Aug 2026
Lokomotivi come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zugdidi did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Saba Okriashvili 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 Zugdidi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Revaz Lobjanidze again
The phone has started ringing about Revaz Lobjanidze again, and this time the name on the line is Guria. Zugdidi are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Zugdidi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mattia Pellegrini 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Archil Chakvetadze 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Kolkheti take the points off Zugdidi
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Giorgi Tsitaishvili conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Torpedo Kutaisi will make the call about Giorgi Tsitaishvili this week. Zugdidi have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tornike Arveladze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tornike Arveladze and Zugdidi agree another 3 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Saba Okriashvili runs at them all day
- Market No place for Otar Mchedlidze in the plan