Digest

Week 27 · 29 June — 5 July 2026

This week: 4 texts, 0 matches. Everything in order below, with links.

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Texts of the week 4

  1. From the stands ·

    The football of our childhood: two bricks, a plantain leaf and crocodile sneakers

    Yard football as we remember it from childhood.

  2. People ·

    The captain who went through everything

    The big story of Aleksandr Filin — from a second-hand shop in Simferopol to Baltika's armband.

  3. From the stands ·

    Where are Russia's RPL footballers forged?

    Part two of a study of where the league's Russian players come from.

  4. Transfers ·

    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.