The Neftekhimik Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2027
The knee: Magomed Abakarov out for 49 days
49 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Neftekhimik lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Andrey Golubev
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Alexandr Kakhidze
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexandr Kakhidze will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Neftekhimik the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Sultan Djamilov says Neftekhimik went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Neftekhimik — 7.13
1 for Maxim Shiryaev, marked 7.13, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Milan Gajić due for a Neftekhimik medical
Everything agreed with CSKA Moscow, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Neftekhimik
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Marat Sitdikov 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 Neftekhimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Neftekhimik rebuffed over Ilja Agapov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Krylya Sovetov have kept their man, and Neftekhimik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad Neftekhimik count the cost of losing Dmitriy Kozlov
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Rashid Magomedov's mistake
- Transfer targets Neftekhimik ask about Milan Majstorović