The Zadar Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Timur Yevdokimov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Domenico De Santis attracts admirers
The name of Domenico De Santis has come up in conversations Zadar were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Timur Yevdokimov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Timur Yevdokimov and Zadar agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zadar
Domenico De Santis 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marin Erceg moves on
Hrvatski Dragovoljac pay $120.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Milan Bjelica 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Bojan Bilic
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Zadar see off Segesta
Three points for Zadar, 1‑0 the final word against Segesta in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Domenico De Santis stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.79 on the card, and the Zadar support went home talking about one name.
In brief
- Market No place for Tomislav Corluka in the plan
- Player ratings Ante Brekalo ran the game
- Market Luka Modric leaves on loan