The Dobrudzha Courier
Squad19 Jul 2027
Dimitar Pirgov damages knee ligaments — 90 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 90 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A one-man rearguard from Nikos Efremidis
There were 7 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.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Georgi Trifonov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dobrudzha have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Hristiyan Slavkov turns down Dobrudzha
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Botev Plovdiv keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Dobrudzha
Matheus Leoni and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Dobrudzha
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Vladimir Medved was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Dobrudzha
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladimir Medved was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Dobrudzha rebuffed over Lucas Araújo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CSKA Sofia have kept their man, and Dobrudzha go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Match Dobrudzha come up short against Slavia Sofia
- Market One of our own: Krasimir Aleksandrov joins the Dobrudzha first team
- Market Dobrudzha promote Valentin Nedelev from within