Digest
Week 27 · 29 June — 5 July 2026
This week: 4 texts, 0 matches. Everything in order below, with links.
Texts of the week
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The football of our childhood: two bricks, a plantain leaf and crocodile sneakers
Yard football as we remember it from childhood.
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The captain who went through everything
The big story of Aleksandr Filin — from a second-hand shop in Simferopol to Baltika's armband.
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Where are Russia's RPL footballers forged?
Part two of a study of where the league's Russian players come from.
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Baltika does not need a striker. It needs Buloychik
Talalaev's team is top five in the RPL for set-piece xG but mid-table for actual goals. Bringing back the set-piece coach is an attempt to close that gap without a new forward.