The Andijon Gazette
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Humoyunmirzo Iminov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match4 Mar 2028
Nobody wins at Andijon
21 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match4 Mar 2028
Still nobody has beaten Andijon
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Andijon tie Bobur Shomurodov down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Nemanja Ćalasan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nemanja Ćalasan and Andijon agree another 3 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Andijon
Doniyor Abdumannopov 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.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Graduation day at Andijon
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Words at Andijon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Imeda Ashortia 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Rustam Masharipov steps up from the Andijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rustam Masharipov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Bobur Akhmedov joins the Andijon first team
- Market Andijon promote Sardor Fayzullaev from within
- Market Andijon promote Odil Ahmedov from within