The Akhmat Chronicle
Squad19 Jul 2027
Giorgi Shelia breaks a bone — 99 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 99 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Akhmat's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Akhmat has to find a result from somewhere.
Market19 Jul 2027
Sergey Pryakhin 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 The request is on a desk at Akhmat, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Andrey Lunev 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Egas Cacintura 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 Akhmat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Akhmat
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Giorgi Shelia left off the list on the foreign quota
A rule about passports rather than about football has decided he cannot play. Akhmat had more of them than the form allows, and somebody had to be the name that did not fit.
Market19 Jul 2027
Akhmat promote Ilya Demidov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ilya Demidov 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Akhmat promote Semyon Mukhin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Semyon Mukhin 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
- Market Innokentiy Rodionov steps up from the Akhmat academy
- Boardroom Akhmat board go back on their word
- Match Akhmat caught on 94 minutes