Viktor Malinov

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Spartak 1918 U20
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The Spartak 1918 Post

24 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom24 Feb 2031

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Spartak 1918

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Match24 Feb 2031

Every point is an argument now for Spartak 1918

Position 14 and 22 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market24 Feb 2031

Nikolay Mikov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Spartak 1918 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad24 Feb 2031

Words at Spartak 1918 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tsvetoslav Marinov 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.

Squad24 Feb 2031

Tempers go at Spartak 1918

Wiktor Benedyktowicz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout24 Feb 2031

No hiding place for Eskimó

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eskimó, and the manager let it.

The dugout24 Feb 2031

When it matters, Aleksandar Aleksandrov plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market24 Feb 2031

The Tsvetoslav Marinov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Spartak 1918 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad24 Feb 2031

Viktor Malinov has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Spartak 1918 will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

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The Spartak 1918 Post

10 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match10 Feb 2031

The season ends: position 14 for Spartak 1918

The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 22 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.

The dugout10 Feb 2031

Boris Ivanov keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Spartak 1918 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad10 Feb 2031

Viktor Malinov is the real thing at 19

A season average of 6.59 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Spartak 1918 know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad10 Feb 2031

Martin Emilov keeps Spartak 1918 in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad10 Feb 2031

A row about effort at Spartak 1918

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Xande was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout10 Feb 2031

Nikolay Mikov 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.

Squad10 Feb 2031

Tempers go at Spartak 1918

Eskimó was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings10 Feb 2031

Xande beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match8 Feb 2031

Lyubomir Kostov rescues a point for Spartak 1918

It needed Lyubomir Kostov to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Montana, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief