The Inter Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Baris Ozcan runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Inter
2 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Inter
Marcelino Ñamandú 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Namig Ramazanov steps up from the Inter academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Namig Ramazanov 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bahlul Garayev joins the Inter first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bahlul Garayev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vüqar Mustafayev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vüqar Mustafayev, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Inter against Sumgayit
0‑1 to Sumgayit, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Inter pick somebody else ahead of Rufat Ismayilov
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The chances came and went for Rufat Abdullayev
10 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- Squad Rashad Abdullayev makes his debut at 19
- Player ratings A day to forget for Vugar Ismayilov
- Market Inter pick up Marcelino Ñamandú for nothing