Ivano Ora

Central Midfielder - Montana
6 May 2029
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Marked for Ivano Ora

139 Edition

The Montana Gazette

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Mar 2029

Yoan Yordanov breaks a bone — 60 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 60 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market26 Mar 2029

Yoan Yordanov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Montana, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Dimitar Evtimov 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 Montana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Home is on Jorginho Soares'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; Montana are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad26 Mar 2029

Words at Montana training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Azevedo 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.

The dugout26 Mar 2029

Ivano Ora knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Montana, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
137 Edition

The Montana Gazette

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Mar 2029

Ivan Goshev 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 Montana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Ivano Ora signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivano Ora commits to Montana for another 4 years.

Squad12 Mar 2029

A row about effort at Montana

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivan Tilev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Montana are still strangers to each other

7 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager has not finished forgetting Jorginho Soares'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.

Market12 Mar 2029

Still no ink between Montana and Iliya Dimitrov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Montana, another week without a signature from Iliya Dimitrov.

In brief

127 Edition

The Montana Gazette

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match30 Dec 2028

No end in sight to Montana's wait for a win

20 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Montana has to find a result from somewhere.

Market1 Jan 2029

Ivan Goshev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Montana can pretend not to have heard.

Market1 Jan 2029

Luís Silva has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Montana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match30 Dec 2028

Montana are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Words at Montana training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Deroy Duarte 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.

Match30 Dec 2028

Tsvetelin Chunchukov’s goal not enough for Montana

Tsvetelin Chunchukov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to CSKA Sofia, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad1 Jan 2029

A falling-out at Montana

Jorginho Soares and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout1 Jan 2029

No hiding place for Xavello Druiventak

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Xavello Druiventak, and the manager let it.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Ivano Ora signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivano Ora and Montana agree another 4 years.

In brief

80 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Feb 2028

Bartłomiej Drągowski decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match2 Feb 2028

17 unbeaten for Hajduk Split

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 17 matches without defeat is a foundation Hajduk Split did not have in the autumn.

Match2 Feb 2028

Peter Nnaemeka Ugwuodo sends Hajduk Split through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Peter Nnaemeka Ugwuodo obliged against Trnje. 1‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Hajduk Split.

Squad7 Feb 2028

A fracture rules Ivano Ora out for 21 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hajduk Split will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market7 Feb 2028

Noa Skoko puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hajduk Split, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Window shuts: 1 in, 10 out at Hajduk Split

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 1 arrived, 10 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Market7 Feb 2028

Hajduk Split turn down Gomel for Noa Skoko

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match2 Feb 2028

The run at home goes on for Hajduk Split

11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Šimun Hrgović signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Šimun Hrgović and Hajduk Split agree another 4 years.

In brief

79 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match31 Jan 2028

The view from the top for Hajduk Split

36 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Dennis Hadžikadunić keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hajduk Split may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market31 Jan 2028

Roko Vojvodić agrees terms with Dugopolje

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Hajduk Split people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Ante Bartulović breaks a bone — 23 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 Jan 2028

Hajduk Split say no — this time

The offer from Varteks for Alec Van Hoorenbeeck 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.

Market31 Jan 2028

Elvir Duraković hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Jan 2028

Business is business: Dario Marešić goes

LASK paid $2.7M and Hajduk Split took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

The paperwork begins on Komnen Andrić

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hajduk Split have done the hard part with HNK Rijeka, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Boardroom31 Jan 2028

Ivano Ora has agreed to leave Hajduk Split for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

In brief