Yeldos Postnikov

Striker - Maccabi Petach Tikva
9 Sep 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Yeldos Postnikov

5 Edition

The Irtysh Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Irtysh

Ken Krolicki 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.

Squad

Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammed Ensebaev 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.

Market

Irtysh buy the years ahead of Zakhar Porokh

He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Enzo Pelosi breaks a bone — 149 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 149 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

3 goals for Nowaf Bazia

The match ball belongs to Nowaf Bazia, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market

Yuval Kretzo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Maccabi Petach Tikva, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Nahuel Iribarren 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 Maccabi Petach Tikva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Maccabi Petach Tikva find a way past Maccabi Netanya

Maccabi Netanya made Maccabi Petach Tikva work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Nowaf Bazia at his very best

Marked 8.34. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Maccabi Petach Tikva.

Market

No place for Omer Shirazi in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Omer Shirazi has his answer from Maccabi Petach Tikva; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad

Maccabi Petach Tikva pick somebody else ahead of Ali Abdurahmonov

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Player ratings

José Cortés runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

3 Edition

The Irtysh Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Mädi Zhaqypbaev sends Irtysh through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Mädi Zhaqypbaev obliged against Okzhetpes. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Irtysh.

Player ratings

Mädi Zhaqypbaev scores twice — 8.53

Two goals and a mark of 8.53 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $350.0K sale of Yerkebulan Shomko

He is going to Taraz, the club has $350.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market

Irtysh turn down Bunyodkor for Yeldos Postnikov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Tempers go at Irtysh

Ken Krolicki 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.

Market

Business is business: Yerkebulan Shomko goes

Taraz paid $350.0K and Irtysh took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

The terraces

Irtysh supporters have found a favourite in Dauren Nuserbayev

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Dauren Nuserbayev 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.

Squad

Erbol Murtazaev 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.

Squad

This league is too small for Ken Krolicki

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Irtysh will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief