The Sabail Post
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Kamran Quliyev: 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.” Sabail have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Up for the corner, and Joni Montiel delivers — 7.95
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Joni Montiel scored, was marked 7.95, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Match24 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Sabail right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Sabail
Vitão 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Sabail
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Silas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
One of their own: Crysthyan
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Rəhman Hacıyev
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match24 Oct 2026
Joni Montiel the difference as Sabail beat Sporting Baku
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joni Montiel. 1‑0 against Sporting Baku, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Appearance number 100 for Vitão
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
In brief
- Match Halfway: Sabail sit in position 2
- The dugout Araz Ozobic: “That is the standard”
- The dugout Sadiq Quliyev gets it from the manager