The Istra 1961 Post
Squad2 Nov 2026
Advan Kadušić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match31 Oct 2026
Istra 1961 find a way past NK Varazdin
NK Varazdin made Istra 1961 work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Home is on Daouda Doumbia's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Istra 1961 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Igor Andreev was the difference for Istra 1961
Marked 7.75. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Mihael Bužić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Istra 1961 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Domagoj Petkovic kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Samuli Miettinen gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Emil Frederiksen
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Igor Andreev finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Istra 1961 have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
- The dugout Niko Šepić has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead Franko Kolić faces his old club
- The dugout Filip Taraba knocks on the manager's door