The Tskhinvali Post
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Jaba Kobiashvili
Successful dribbles: 53. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match21 Aug 2027
Tskhinvali make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tskhinvali have 3 straight wins of it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Tskhinvali sign Vakhtang Daraselia for $48.0K
The paperwork is done: Vakhtang Daraselia joins from Zugdidi in a deal worth $48.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market23 Aug 2027
The Tornike Shengelia conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Shukura will make the call about Tornike Shengelia this week. Tskhinvali have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jaba Kobiashvili 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Khvicha Kakabadze the difference as Tskhinvali beat Sioni
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Khvicha Kakabadze. 2‑1 against Sioni, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tornike Mikautadze 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Goga Qazaishvili is carrying Tskhinvali
8 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Irakli Shengelia takes the honours
Marked 7.90 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Tskhinvali had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Squad Tornike Kashia has become a man the manager trusts
- Market Mamuka Gamsakhurdia leaves for nothing
- Market Mamuka Okriashvili leaves for nothing