The Qarabag Chronicle
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Oleksiy Kashchuk runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
Abbas Hüseynov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Qarabag, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kady Borges 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 Qarabag this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
Qarabag get the job done against Gabala
A 1‑0 win over Gabala, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Addai stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.58 on the card, and the Qarabag support went home talking about one name.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Qarabag training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bədavi Hüseynov 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.
In brief
- Squad Kassim Doumbia dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Emmanuel Addai is off the mark for Qarabag
- Market Qarabag bring in Ibrahim Inan on loan