Digest
Week 17 · 20–26 April 2026
This week: 6 texts, 0 matches. Everything in order below, with links.
Texts of the week
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Port clubs: what Baltika, Le Havre, Hamburg and the others born of the sea have in common
A theory: the most interesting clubs are often born not in capitals but where it smells of fish, engine oil, wet concrete and salt.
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Matchday of your favourite team: a chronicle of slowly going mad
An official document for supporters of all levels of degradation.
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Grozny Groundhog Day: how Baltika turned a tactical masterpiece into a serving of Baltic melancholy
Baltika laid a perfect tactical table in Grozny and dropped it on its own boots at the last moment. Why total xG dominance became another portion of melancholy.
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The aesthetics of a broken cobblestone: why Baltika's pressing may get stuck in Akhmat like a heel in Amalienau paving
Tactics, melancholy and an attempt to understand why 2:2 has become Kaliningrad's new number pi.
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Baltika already draws very well. But how to make a full stadium the norm rather than a holiday?
Kaliningrad is living through a football boom. Baltika is not just an RPL club but one of the country's main magnets for supporters.
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Baltika almost took the match in Krasnodar. A few minutes were missing
A 2:2 draw looks a strong result. In substance it is a match after which Baltika has more reasons to be angry than happy.