The Baltika Sentinel
Squad17 Jul 2028
Nikolay Sysuev keeps Baltika 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.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
A defender's afternoon for Stefan Kovač
Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Baltika
Derik Lacerda 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Prokhor Pushkin comes home
The shirt still fits. Prokhor Pushkin is back at Baltika, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market17 Jul 2028
Valentin Rakov comes home
The shirt still fits. Valentin Rakov is back at Baltika, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market17 Jul 2028
Anton Glebov comes home
The shirt still fits. Anton Glebov is back at Baltika, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market17 Jul 2028
As if he never left: Dmitriy Isakov returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Dmitriy Isakov is a Baltika player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
Nobody could get near Irakly Manelov
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Timofey Schelkunov 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Chinonso Offor keeps on missing
- Match No goals between Baltika and Torpedo Moscow
- Squad Konstantin Shiltsov asks for a word with the manager