Eldor Hasanov

Striker - Neftchi U18
12 Oct 2029
Friday
Process

Marked for Eldor Hasanov

92 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Neftchi are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 19 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Player ratings

Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 25. 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Neftchi

Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev 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.

Match

Zoran Marušić rescues a point for Neftchi

It needed Zoran Marušić to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Shortan, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout

Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev is on it.

The dugout

Bobur Komilov: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout

Shahzodbek G'ofurbekov 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.

The dugout

Vladimir Jovović does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

Looking ahead

Islom Rashidxonov faces his old club

Mashal next, and one man in the Neftchi dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

Back issues
82 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

22 days out for Jovan Đokić after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Neftchi will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

A falling-out at Neftchi

Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Neftchi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alisher Odilov 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 dugout

Zoran Marušić gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Zoran Marušić is on it.

The dugout

Izzatillo Po'latov knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Izzatillo Po'latov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Ratinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Neftchi know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

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  • The dugout Ratinho keeps his manager's vote
  • Squad Eldor Hasanov is not doing himself any favours
68 Edition

The Neftchi Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Shahzodbek G'ofurbekov keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Neftchi may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

The dugout

Botirali Ergashev has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Neftchi 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.

Loan watch

7 goals on loan for Sylvanus Nimely

30 appearances at Kokand 1912 and the goals keep coming. Neftchi are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

The dugout

Alisher Odilov has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Alisher Odilov has written the date down.

Squad

Country calls for Botirali Ergashev

He goes off to be somebody else’s player for a fortnight. Neftchi lose him for the window and would like him returned in the condition he left.

Squad

International call for Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev

Ibrohimhalil Yo'ldoshev joins up with his country. Neftchi lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief