The Slaven Belupo Chronicle
Squad1 Oct 2029
A fracture rules Matyáš Coňk out for 58 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Slaven Belupo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Ljuban Crepulja says Slaven Belupo went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Oct 2029
A falling-out at Slaven Belupo
Tornike Morchiladze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad1 Oct 2029
A row about effort at Slaven Belupo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Milan Tučić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings1 Oct 2029
Tornike Morchiladze was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Komnen Andrić knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Komnen Andrić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Iván Gómez: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
A promise honoured for Bruno Zdunić
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Slaven Belupo told Bruno Zdunić something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Slaven Belupo have started building around Komnen Andrić
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.
In brief
- Market No place for Mario Ljevar in the plan
- Match Slaven Belupo draw a blank against Hajduk Split
- Looking ahead A reunion for Leon Liović