The Tskhinvali Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Temur Shengelia runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali say no — this time
The offer from Lokomotivi for Edoardo Peretti was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match29 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Tskhinvali
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tskhinvali are no longer polite ones.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Tskhinvali
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vakhtang Shengelia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vakhtang Shengelia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vakhtang Shengelia, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Sandro Ananidze 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Mikheil Tsitaishvili on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Mikheil Tsitaishvili after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Aleksandre Tsitaishvili
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Looking ahead31 Aug 2026
A test against the best for Tskhinvali
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Dila.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Tskhinvali?
- The dugout Lasha Okriashvili has become a man the manager trusts
- Market The Dato Kobiashvili story refuses to die