The Zadar Gazette
Squad10 May 2027
The knee: Duje Petkov out for 57 days
57 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Zadar lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 May 2027
Kristijan Vrsaljko breaks a bone — 33 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad10 May 2027
A row about effort at Zadar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alfonso Barco was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 May 2027
Ivica Lovren gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad10 May 2027
Words exchanged at Zadar
Junior Kamwa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 May 2027
Zadar and Dimos Papakonstantinou are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The Ivica Lovren question follows Zadar around
- Market Zadar shop where it costs nothing
- The dugout Mate Sutalo asks for a word with the manager
- Market Mateo Corluka leaves for nothing