The Bunyodkor Post
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Muzaffar Olimjonov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bunyodkor may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bunyodkor
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Najmiddin Normurodov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Najmiddin Normurodov and Bunyodkor agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Nobody could get near Shohboz Umarov
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Najmiddin Normurodov 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 Bunyodkor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market6 Mar 2028
Bunyodkor promote Eldor Komilov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eldor Komilov 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Doniyor Masharipov joins the Bunyodkor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Doniyor Masharipov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
Bunyodkor promote Mirzo Ahmedov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mirzo Ahmedov 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Bunyodkor promote Jaloliddin Hasanov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jaloliddin Hasanov 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matija Krivokapić
- Match Pakhtakor take the points off Bunyodkor
- The dugout Doniyor Ismailov faces the questions