The Baltika Sentinel
The terraces19 Jul 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 10 of the 32 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Maxim Petrov
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Maxim Petrov 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 Baltika this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Jul 2027
Orenburg join the queue for Walter Naranjo
Add another name to the list: Orenburg have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Walter Naranjo. The answer from Baltika has not changed — yet.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Baltika
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Derik Lacerda falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match17 Jul 2027
Baltika come up short against Arsenal Tula
Arsenal Tula left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Derik Lacerda gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market19 Jul 2027
Artyom Laptev steps up from the Baltika academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artyom Laptev 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 Baltika promote Luka Guryev from within
- Market Vsevolod Biryukov steps up from the Baltika academy
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Tenton Yenne