The Kyzyltash Chronicle
Squad21 May 2029
The knee: Alexandr Usov out for 48 days
48 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Kyzyltash lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad21 May 2029
Words at Kyzyltash training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadim Tskhadiashvili 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.
Squad21 May 2029
Noa Lindén 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 Kyzyltash this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout21 May 2029
Foma Osipov frozen out at Kyzyltash
This is not rotation. Foma Osipov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Kyzyltash is pretending otherwise.
Market21 May 2029
The Maksym Czekała talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kyzyltash know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market21 May 2029
Maksym Czekała placed on the list
Kyzyltash have made Maksym Czekała available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
The dugout21 May 2029
Rostislav Sychev knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kyzyltash, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 May 2029
Nikolai Garin runs his contract down
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Kyzyltash money.
Squad21 May 2029
Denis Ragulin is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- Match Mid-table, and Kyzyltash know it
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Alexandr Aristov