The Obod Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
Obod out of the cup
Pakhtakor ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Obod
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Obod are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Dilshod Abdullayev was immovable
24 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Obod
Masaki Okino 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Obod training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Akmal Ismailov 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sirvan Ghorbani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sirvan Ghorbani, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Obod are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aziz Akhmedov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Obod has been clear about where Aziz Akhmedov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Nodir Hasanov
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Masaki Okino
- Match Obod draw a blank against Bunyodkor
- Player ratings Odil Tukhtasinov changes it off the bench