The Hrvatski Dragovoljac Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Pineda damages knee ligaments — 29 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 29 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
A hiding for Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Beaten 0‑4 by Zadar, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Hrvatski Dragovoljac
1‑1 against Segesta, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market24 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Accinelli asks to leave Hrvatski Dragovoljac
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces24 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.” 13 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Rodrigo Accinelli
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Hrvatski Dragovoljac's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hrvatski Dragovoljac has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Antonio Jakoliš 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 Hrvatski Dragovoljac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Filip Šušković-Jakopac falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Borna Cik
- Boardroom Doors closed at Hrvatski Dragovoljac
- Player ratings Marin Kuzminski misses from twelve yards