Articles by Udar Gromov

We started at 09:39 on a beautiful green. Arnaud said that the weather itself promotes passionate, eventful games that both teams can enjoy. Teams were 11 on 11.  But very soon people left to join a second game. So, let’s count only people, who stayed.  There were 18. DARKs quickly […]

We started at 09:41.  It was 14 of us.    We played on a medium-sized goals on a good virgin grass. At the height of their domination WHITES were ahead 5:2 and 6:3, with Max scoring 3 perfect long-distance “gifts”. Game lasted till 10:17, when girls took over the field.   At […]

An interesting fact.  A careful comparative analysis of leading experts in the field concluded that short passes are much shorted than long passes in 75 to 80% of the cases.  A very strong correlation have been uncovered. We started at 09:39.  We stopped at 10:40.  Very short and intense game […]

We started at 09:41 on a smallest set of goals.  We had 4 on 5.  Girls kicked us out around 10:15. The score quickly become unbalanced and hard to keep track of – 11:2. We started a new OFFICIAL game at exactly 10:45. And we even had time to play […]

We started on a beautiful  sunny Autumn evening around 17:42.  We had a perfect 8 on 8. A bit later Victor, Vadim L. and Dr. Yurik complimented the teams and Max left really early. For the rest of the hour, teams played a cozy 9 on 9 game. Nebati started […]

We started at 09:34 on a small field next to tennis courts.  Teams seemed well balanced and almost even. At 09:50 Zhenia V. “opened the bottle” with a pass to Alex Z.  The pass never reached him.  Instead, Vladis Sh. expertly drilled the ball deep into the net – 0:1 […]

We started 09:43. We had 13 on 13.  We composed 2 games 8×8 and 5×5.  Very civilized. DARKs needed one person and Dr. Yurik made a faithful switch at the last second before the game. WHITEs had no hope now. They had to play against Sasha L., and young Danis […]

Very cozy, very comfortable game today.  Lyonya G. even performed “a-moment of silence” ceremony.  Very classy. Today DARKs had an excellent trio: Ziya and Igor Gol. and Dr. Yurik.    DARKs were ahead 1:4 and 2:5 and 3:6. Then Stas M. came on board.  He started by scoring 2 goals […]

Year Season Weekend Wednesday 2011 2 Summer Misha P. Alex Grt 2011 1 Spring Dr. Yurik N/A 2010 3 Fall Vladis Sh. Max Ilya L. 2010 2 Summer Stas M. Erick 2010 1 Spring Arnaud Alex Grt 2009 3 Fall Dr. Yurik Boris R. Vlad T. Vadim L. 2009 2 […]

We started on a very crowded field adjacent to tennis courts.  Same said that it was 11 on 9 for WHITEs.   The grass has an opportunity to repair itself – hey, good field management. People continued to arrive, and “internal discipline” prevailed.  Instead of ruining main game, late arrivals form […]

Big Georgi day.  In English it means something different from Georgi’s Big Day.  Interesting. Never-the-less.   We started as one happy unisex family of 26.  And we even score 3 goals.  But it was quiet a zoo out there.  And we split.  Misha P. suggested, and DARKs went one way and […]