The Cibalia Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marko Galić keeps Cibalia in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Cibalia baulk at the price for Adrion Pajaziti
Hajduk Split wanted more than $1.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sven Šunta
Cibalia asked and Dinamo Zagreb said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Karlo Kamenar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Andrija Bubnjar
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Cibalia
Britto and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Cibalia
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Cibalia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivo Vukić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Marian Shved is in the works
Cibalia have made the call to Shakhtar. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Marko Ristić is in the works
- Match Honours even between Cibalia and Orijent 1919
- The dugout Daniel Perisic: “We have to be better”