The CSKA Sofia Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2038
A fracture rules Léo Pereira out for 86 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason CSKA Sofia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match18 Aug 2038
Cup progress for CSKA Sofia
A 2‑0 win over Botev Vratsa, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings23 Aug 2038
Age has not caught Luka Stojković yet — 9.35
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 9.35 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings23 Aug 2038
Nothing got past Robert Mitchell
27 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Squad23 Aug 2038
Tempers go at CSKA Sofia
Alejandro Piedrahita 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2038
James Eto'o shuts the door
Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market23 Aug 2038
CSKA Sofia turn down CSKA 1948 for Eduardo Rodríguez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match21 Aug 2038
Nobody wants to play CSKA Sofia right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad23 Aug 2038
Peio Canales 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Matthias Wamu Oyatambwe shuts the door
- Match Nobody wins at CSKA Sofia
- Squad No hiding place for Maks Ebong