The Sioni Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
Sioni taken apart
0‑3 to Dila, 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luka Avaliani puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sioni, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luka Avaliani stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Sioni
Luka Avaliani and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sioni rebuffed over Lasha-Giorgi Titvinidze
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dila have kept their man, and Sioni go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Bantu Mzwakali
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sioni promote Jaba Chakvetadze from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jaba Chakvetadze 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vakhtang Kvilitaia joins the Sioni first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vakhtang Kvilitaia 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: Tornike Tsitaishvili joins the Sioni first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tornike Tsitaishvili is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Adam Huskić
- Boardroom Nobody left the Sioni dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout Dato Shengelia: “No excuses”