The Púchov Chronicle
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Martin Hlavatý says Púchov went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Púchov
Róbert Mazáň and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Samuel Bossiwa
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match24 Oct 2026
Púchov come up short against MSK Zilina B
MSK Zilina B left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Viktor Rusnak left the room before anybody could ask which.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Wrong net for Eliáš Piták
A touch he did not mean and a goal that goes in the book with his name against it. Púchov will not blame him tonight and he will not need them to.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Lukáš Gašparovič does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
František Kóša keeps on missing
Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Market26 Oct 2026
The Samuel Gladiš story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Samuel Gladiš signs something — a contract at Púchov or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Miloš Kapur a promise
- Squad Samuel Bossiwa finally belongs at Púchov
- Squad The room hears from Matej Obšivan