Marked for Erik Sorga
From our football correspondent
Crisis
The terraces2 Aug 2027
Anger at Tulevik spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 50 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match2 Aug 2027
Tulevik sink to position 10
5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Tulevik
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Tulevik is running low.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Karol Marin has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Tulevik can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tulevik may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tulevik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexandr Seraskhov commits to Tulevik for another 2 years.
In brief
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Boardroom
Tulevik pull $1.1M back off the table
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Boardroom
Tulevik answer back
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Crisis
Match5 Jun 2027
The wait goes on for Tulevik
14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 106 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The terraces7 Jun 2027
Anger at Tulevik spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Match7 Jun 2027
Tulevik sink to position 10
4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Erik Sorga: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tulevik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match5 Jun 2027
Tulevik 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tulevik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Geliano Fortes commits to Tulevik for another 3 years.
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Crisis
Match24 Apr 2027
The wait goes on for Tulevik
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match24 Apr 2027
Tulevik cannot find the net
5 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tulevik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match24 Apr 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikita Baranov and Tulevik agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yusuf Saitoğlu, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
Erik Sorga 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Geron Vidder keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Geron Vidder plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad30 Nov 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Tulevik will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tulevik, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Erik Sorga 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 Tulevik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ingo Ott keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ingo Ott plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Tulevik
0‑2 against Flora, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tulevik can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Rainer Peips 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Tulevik training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Róbert Litauszki 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 Aug 2026
“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.