The Akhmat Chronicle
Squad17 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Emmanuel Iroanya
80 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Akhmat lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match15 Jul 2028
Nobody wins at Akhmat
14 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
Yaroslav Korsakov signs on for the long haul
Akhmat moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Yaroslav Korsakov, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Akhmat
Daler Kuzyaev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A late step up for Maksim Samorodov
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Akhmat
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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Akhmat promote Valentin Pronin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentin Pronin 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Akhmat promote Nazar Lisitsin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nazar Lisitsin 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Makar Isakov steps up from the Akhmat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Makar Isakov 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 Akhmat promote Radomir Emelyanov from within
- Squad Akhmat lose Alexey Potapov
- Match Honours even between Akhmat and Krylya Sovetov