The CSKA Sofia Gazette
Market22 Feb 2027
CSKA Sofia say no — this time
The offer from GAIS for Maks Ebong was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Mohamed Brahimi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match20 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten CSKA Sofia
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at CSKA Sofia
James Eto'o and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Przemysław Tytoń 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Kjell Peersman gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market22 Feb 2027
One of our own: Miroslav Angelov joins the CSKA Sofia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miroslav Angelov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Feb 2027
CSKA Sofia promote Mihail Delev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mihail Delev 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
One of our own: Danail Bojinov joins the CSKA Sofia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danail Bojinov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Sala rescues a point for CSKA Sofia
- The dugout Jean-Philippe Gbamin gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Angel Aleksandrov: “We have to be better”