The Samtredia Chronicle
Market8 Mar 2027
Helistano Manga asks to leave Samtredia
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Mar 2027
6 saves: Avtandil Labadze was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Giorgi Mchedlishvili signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Giorgi Mchedlishvili and Samtredia agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Eric Barrios 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 Samtredia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Samtredia
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market8 Mar 2027
Avtandil Tsitaishvili steps up from the Samtredia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Avtandil 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Mamuka Lobjanidze steps up from the Samtredia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mamuka Lobjanidze 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Samtredia promote Sandro Gamsakhurdia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sandro Gamsakhurdia 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Alison Araçoiaba
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Match Tamaz Makatsaria the difference as Samtredia beat Spaeri
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Eric Barrios
- Squad A row about effort at Samtredia