The Astana Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
Alexandre Oukidja is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Alexandre Oukidja: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Astana
A 0‑0 win over Atyrau, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad24 Aug 2026
Marin Tomasov 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 Astana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Bnei Yehuda expected to open talks for Mükhammedzhan Seisen
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Astana will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Astana training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stanislav Basmanov 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ramazan Kärimov misses from twelve yards
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Astana pick somebody else ahead of Mükhammedzhan Seisen
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Fantamady Diarra
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Astana
Claudio Díaz arrives at 39 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Ivan Bašić
- Player ratings Ivan Bašić never got going
- Market Abzal Abiken arrives on loan