The Dinamo Makhachkala Gazette
The terraces20 Mar 2028
The mood at Dinamo Makhachkala has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Dinamo Makhachkala
Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad 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.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Timur Magomedov 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.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
No hiding place for Razhab Magomedov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Razhab Magomedov, and the manager let it.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
Andrés Alarcón 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 Andrés Alarcón is on it.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A first team debut at 15 for Yaroslav Plotnikov
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 15. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
Market20 Mar 2028
The Andrés Alarcón story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Andrés Alarcón signs something — a contract at Dinamo Makhachkala or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Loan watch20 Mar 2028
Kirill Pomeshkin keeps scoring at Tyumen
26 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
Nikita Glushkov 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 Nikita Glushkov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Nikita Glushkov in it
- Market Konstantin Pliev runs his contract down
- The dugout David Volk keeps his manager's vote