Eiler Aponzá

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Merani
24 Jan 2027
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Marked for Eiler Aponzá

13 Edition

The Merani Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market26 Oct 2026

Eiler Aponzá asks to leave Merani

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Javohir Esonqulov keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Merani may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Igor Khaimanov breaks a bone — 57 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 57 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match24 Oct 2026

A European lesson for Merani

0‑2 against Cambuur. Continental football is unforgiving about the things a domestic league lets a side get away with, and this was a night spent finding out which of those the club still has.

Match24 Oct 2026

No end in sight to Merani's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Merani has to find a result from somewhere.

Match24 Oct 2026

The goals have deserted Merani

6 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Merani can tell you which week it ends in.

In brief

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The Merani Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad28 Sep 2026

Igor Khaimanov breaks a bone — 85 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 85 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match26 Sep 2026

5 matches without a win for Merani

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Merani are no longer polite ones.

Match26 Sep 2026

Merani cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze 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 Merani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match26 Sep 2026

Merani come up short against Tskhinvali

Tskhinvali left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad28 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Khazbulat Khamkhoev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

3 Edition

The Merani Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match15 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Merani

0‑0 against Dinamo Batumi, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Khazbulat Khamkhoev

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Davit Khelaia

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davit Khelaia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Merani the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Davit Khelaia signs for Sioni while still at Merani

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Davit Khelaia has agreed terms with Sioni for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Nodar Kavtaradze

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze 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 Merani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Eiler Aponzá

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Merani training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikoloz Kharabadze 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

The shop window has Davit Khelaia in it

Merani have let the market know Davit Khelaia can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief