The Obod Sentinel
Match1 Aug 2026
Obod taken apart
0‑4 to Sogdiana, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Obod
Odil Masharipov 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bobur Akhmedov 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Odil Masharipov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Jasur Fayzullaev again
The phone has started ringing about Jasur Fayzullaev again, and this time the name on the line is Metallurg. Obod are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Obod dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Stepan Alexandrov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Stepan Alexandrov and Obod agree another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ulugbek Nematov told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ulugbek Nematov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Obod.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Bobur Akhmedov spends the afternoon fouling
Fouls conceded: 12. He was booked, he was fortunate not to be booked twice, and the referee had run out of patience long before the end.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jaloliddin Tukhtasinov
- Market Nobody at Obod has picked up the phone to Amir Komilov