The Cibalia Chronicle
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Cibalia
Renato Kelić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
Cibalia get the job done against Sibenik
A 1‑0 win over Sibenik, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Cibalia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Karlo Išasegi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ante Kuliš
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Toni Kolega stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.90 on the card, and the Cibalia support went home talking about one name.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Petar Bilic: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Petar Mišić
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The form table has caught Marin Grujević
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Gabrijel Boban unlocks it
Chances created: 10. The column nobody reads carried the whole story of the match, and his name was at the top of it.
In brief
- The dugout Andrija Bubnjar asks for a word with the manager
- Market The David Žabec question follows Cibalia around
- Squad Britto: “I am not a substitute”