The Bunyodkor Post
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Bunyodkor
Shohboz Umarov 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Bunyodkor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Pletnev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Kristijan Jovović
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kristijan Jovović, and the manager let it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Najmiddin Normurodov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bunyodkor will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Daler Tuxsanov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bunyodkor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The manager makes Matija Krivokapić a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Bunyodkor. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Market The Sardor Abdunabiyev question follows Bunyodkor around
- Squad The penny has dropped for Daler Tuxsanov
- Squad Eldor Masharipov is fit again