The Ordabasy Courier
Match12 Aug 2026
Ordabasy out of the cup
Zhetysu ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market17 Aug 2026
Yurii Vakulko turns Atyrau down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Vladyslav Naumets beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Ordabasy
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Abagna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sanzhar Kemelbek
Ordabasy asked and Taraz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Everton Moraes 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 Ordabasy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Bekkhan Shaizada
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bekkhan Shaizada, and the manager let it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Dauren Orazov left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Bekkhan Shaizada is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- Squad Anatoly Anisimov is a square peg at Ordabasy
- Player ratings Everton Moraes could have had three
- Squad A first senior shirt for Marat Logvinenko