The Mashal Sentinel
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Sherzod Fayziyev says Mashal 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.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Sherzod Fayziyev frozen out at Mashal
This is not rotation. Sherzod Fayziyev has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mashal is pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Islombek Baratov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Islombek Baratov and Mashal agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Samandar Ochilov 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 Mashal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Mashal
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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Muhammadali Aliqulov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market5 Mar 2029
One of our own: Eldor Masharipov joins the Mashal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eldor Masharipov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Mar 2029
One of our own: Mirzo Ahmedov joins the Mashal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mirzo Ahmedov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Mar 2029
Mashal promote Doniyor Mirzaev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Doniyor Mirzaev 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
- Market One of our own: Eldor Abdullaev joins the Mashal first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Vlatko Stojanovski
- Match A bad afternoon for Mashal against Andijon