The Andijon Gazette
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Abbos G'ulomov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. 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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
6 saves: Filip Stanić was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market6 Mar 2028
Luka Zunturovi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Andijon, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Hao Yucheng: 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.” Andijon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Nemanja Ćalasan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nemanja Ćalasan and Andijon agree another 3 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Andijon
Doniyor Abdumannopov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Andijon
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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Andijon promote Eldor Abdullaev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eldor Abdullaev 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
Rustam Ahmedov steps up from the Andijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rustam Ahmedov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Rustam Mirzaev joins the Andijon first team
- Squad Aleksandre Andronikashvili makes it 200
- Loan watch Sayfiddin Sodikov wants to come home