The Saburtalo Post
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Saburtalo out
Out, 1‑2 to Lokomotivi, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Udinese come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Saburtalo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A brace, and Valerio Verdi takes the afternoon — 8.23
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Valerio Verdi provided it, and the 8.23 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market24 Aug 2026
Saba Gamsakhurdia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Saburtalo can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A chastening introduction for Mamuka Kobiashvili — 5.54
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.54 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Saburtalo
Davit Shengelia 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Valerio Verdi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Samtredia watching Otar Kvilitaia
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Saburtalo have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Lasha Arveladze
Marked 8.18 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad Vakhtang Zivzivadze gets it from the manager
- Match Saburtalo and Sapovnela take a point apiece
- Market A long bet from Saburtalo on Giorgi Gvasalia