Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rahim Ibrahim is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Filip Kiss was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mykola Kukharevych is on it.
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Filip Kiss has written the date down.
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Slovan Bratislava would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
The offer from České Budějovice for Peter Pokorný was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Filip Lichý and Slovan Bratislava U21 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sharani Zuberu has his answer from Slovan Bratislava U21; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Slovan Bratislava U21 would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squads form friendships and that is healthy; this is not that. 4 separate groups, 2 players belonging to none of them, and a set of tables at lunch that have stopped rearranging themselves. It very rarely fixes itself.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Peter Pokorný trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The loan was meant to give him football. 0 games and 0 goals later he is back at Slovan Bratislava U21 no further forward, and everybody involved will explain why it was not their doing.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ledion Ukaj will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Slovan Bratislava U21 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Martin Mišovič 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.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Robert Tománek trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Slovan Bratislava U21 will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Slovan Bratislava U21, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slovan Bratislava U21 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Slovan Bratislava U21 has been clear about where Alexej Maroš stands, which is more than many ever get.
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Slovan Bratislava U21 will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
In brief
The dugoutLedion Ukaj asks for a word with the manager
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slovan Bratislava U21 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Position 16 and 0 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Robert Tománek was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alexej Maroš trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Alexej Maroš 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.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Robert Tománek trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slovan Bratislava U21 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Robert Tománek trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Two or more conceded in each of the last 27 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.
26 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
26 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Dukla Banská Bystrica, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
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 0‑6 Albert Bero left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
The dugoutThe manager has not finished forgetting Robert Tománek's mistake
25 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
25 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
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 0‑4 Albert Bero left the room before anybody could ask which.
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Slovan Bratislava U21 will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
“Nobody outside is coming to save us.” It was short, it was not comfortable, and by all accounts the Slovan Bratislava U21 squad were quieter afterwards than they had been all season.
The suspension is over, which is the half of a ban nobody prints. He has watched from the stand for long enough to have opinions about the shape, and the manager now has a decision he did not have last week.
In brief
Player ratingsRobert Tománek spends the afternoon fouling
24 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
24 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ledion Ukaj will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Slovan Bratislava U21 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Albert Bero to a room that had heard them before.
“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 Slovan Bratislava U21 will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ledion Ukaj trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
23 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
23 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
0‑4 to MFK Zvolen, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
22 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
1‑4 to Pohronie, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
21 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
21 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 18 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
0‑3 to Považská Bystrica, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Albert Bero after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Alexej Maroš is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alexej Maroš trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
20 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
17 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 12 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slovan Bratislava U21 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 26 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Two or more conceded in each of the last 18 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
15 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
0‑13 to Púchov, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 13 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Púchov, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Both clubs in the mire, one fixture between them, and a ground that will be louder and more frightened than at any point in the season. Slovan Bratislava U21 know what is at stake and so does everybody in the away end.
17 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
14 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 20 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Zlate Moravce, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Goalkeepers do not get to make mistakes; they get to make goals. He made one, he knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Marked 3.09. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 28 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
16 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
13 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
0‑14 against Stará Ľubovňa, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match5 Dec 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
14 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Stará Ľubovňa in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexej Maroš and Slovan Bratislava U21 agree another 4 years.
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑14 defeat, delivered by Albert Bero to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
The dugoutThe manager has not finished forgetting Robert Tománek's mistake
15 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
12 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
0‑10 to Šamorín, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Position 16 and 0 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Match28 Nov 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
10 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Šamorín in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
14 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
11 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match21 Nov 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
11 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Slávia TU Košice in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slovan Bratislava U21 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Alexej Maroš was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Alexej Maroš is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slovan Bratislava U21 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
0‑12 against Inter Bratislava, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Two or more conceded in each of the last 12 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Position 16 and 0 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 9 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match31 Oct 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
12 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Inter Bratislava in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
0‑3 to Petržalka, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 7 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout19 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 0‑3 Albert Bero left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Alexej Maroš's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slovan Bratislava U21 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Robert Tománek's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Two or more conceded in each of the last 9 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
6 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Slovan Bratislava U21 can tell you which week it ends in.
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Robert Tománek was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
37 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Slovan Bratislava U21 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Two or more conceded in each of the last 8 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 16 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and MFK Zvolen, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Alexej Maroš 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.
0‑15 to Pohronie, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slovan Bratislava U21 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 15 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Pohronie, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.
Goalkeepers do not get to make mistakes; they get to make goals. He made one, he knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑15 defeat, delivered by Albert Bero to a room that had heard them before.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 16 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 3 of the 4 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
6 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Match12 Sep 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
9 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Považská Bystrica in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Ledion Ukaj is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
0‑21 against Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 21 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
A goalkeeper’s error has no defender behind it to tidy it away. He knew before the ball crossed the line, the crowd knew a second later, and there is nothing anybody can say tonight.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑21, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.
0‑7 to MSK Zilina B, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Slovan Bratislava U21 can pretend not to have heard.
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slovan Bratislava U21 has to find a result from somewhere.
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Slovan Bratislava U21 and MSK Zilina B, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
1‑14 to Púchov, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
15 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Púchov in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Robert Tománek 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.
Goalkeepers do not get to make mistakes; they get to make goals. He made one, he knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑14, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Martin Mišovič's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Marked 4.41. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 16 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
0‑20 to Zlate Moravce, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 3 of the 4 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
20 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Slovan Bratislava U21 and Zlate Moravce in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Alexej Maroš 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.
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑20, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Slovan Bratislava U21 has been clear about where Ledion Ukaj stands, which is more than many ever get.
7.48, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Martin Mišovič and Slovan Bratislava U21 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Martin Mišovič 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.
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Albert Bero after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Slovan Bratislava U21, another week without a signature from Alexej Maroš.
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Slovan Bratislava U21 will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.