The Sapovnela Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Sapovnela
A 0‑3 beating by Tskhinvali was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad10 Aug 2026
César Horst keeps Sapovnela in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Artur Malievskiy would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Artur Malievskiy is living that version at Sapovnela, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
César Horst in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sapovnela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pau Bosch 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mikheil Tsitaishvili steps up from the Sapovnela academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikheil Tsitaishvili 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jaba Ananidze joins the Sapovnela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jaba Ananidze is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Otar Kashia joins the Sapovnela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Otar Kashia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sapovnela promote Guram Okriashvili from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guram Okriashvili has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Sapovnela dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Kevin Medina