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Murid spent a year understanding Talalaev. I spent a night understanding Murid
A bench next to Real Madrid, a torn-up contract and a long road to Kaliningrad.
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Talalaev
Everything about Baltika's head coach: interviews, selection calls, 'Talalaev-ball' and the big-club rumours.
Matches · Full text
33% possession and two goals: how Baltika won a match it barely had the ball in
Krylia made 568 passes and finished with 0.08 xGOT. The 0:2 in Samara: Civic's early goal, Talalaev's deep block, Anderson's 16 defensive actions and Gil's decisive substitution.
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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.
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Why Baltika goes to Isparta: not a beach but altitude, isolation and Talalaev's calculation
When a club goes to Turkey, imagination offers a beach and a lazy pre-season. Isparta is not about holidays.
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Talalaev-ball: they play, but not always the ball. Baltika's season reviewed
Why does this style bring results?
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From Panama to Kaliningrad: why Baltika is buying Anderson
What kind of deal this is: cheap insurance, a depth player or a potentially very good transfer for Talalaev.
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Talalaev. The year many labels fell off
Some things about this season will have to be admitted.
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Celestini is gone. Now CSKA needs Talalaev
CSKA parted with Celestini not for lack of an idea but because the idea stopped holding the team together. The replacement should be very specific.
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Talalaev is ready for a big club. Are the big clubs ready for him?
Baltika has changed the conversation about Talalaev. The question is no longer whether he can handle a big club, but whether big clubs are ready for a coach who demands obedience to a system.
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A draw that leaves more questions for Baltika than joy
Baltika first got exactly the scenario Talalaev's staff usually wants, then destroyed it itself.
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Without Talalaev it got quieter. Not worse
A suspension hits the team's nerve but does not break its mechanics: the back three, aggression without the ball, half-set-pieces and a very clear route to goal.
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Borisko is no longer just a convenient goalkeeper for Talalaev. He makes Baltika's system better himself
There is a lot of systemic football in Talalaev's Baltika, but Borisko has long been one of the reasons the machine works so well.
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Nobody wins beautifully here: what awaits Baltika in Kaspiysk
A preview of the trip to Dynamo Makhachkala.
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