The Lokomotiva Zagreb Courier
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Lokomotiva Zagreb
Mirko Marić 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.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
Maroje Kostopeč counts the days
“I watch every Lokomotiva Zagreb game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Zadar runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Matija Subotić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matija Subotić, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Lokomotiva Zagreb
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Franjo Posavac was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Tino Jukić has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Lokomotiva Zagreb will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market19 Apr 2027
The Mirko Marić question follows Lokomotiva Zagreb around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Mirko Marić’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Match19 Apr 2027
Lokomotiva Zagreb in the hunt for Europe
Position 4, 26 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Matija Subotić has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Lokomotiva Zagreb will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Leon Belcar keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Leon Belcar plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Lovre Kulušić are not good
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Dušan Vuković at Cibalia