The Hrvace Post
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Tino Kusanović, 18, steals the show — 7.60
Marked 7.60 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Tino Kusanović
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Match3 Oct 2026
Hrvace end the wait against Orijent 1919
It had gone 7 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Squad5 Oct 2026
David Martić 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 Hrvace this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
Hrvace get the job done against Orijent 1919
A 2‑1 win over Orijent 1919, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
Hrvace supporters have found a favourite in Tino Kusanović
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Tino Kusanović has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Hrvace
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Arapović was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Boris Budimir has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Boris Budimir on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Josip Knežević dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- The dugout Luka Kosić gets it from the manager
- The dugout Josip Knežević asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Bookings catch up with Marko Zebić