Marked for Robert Suslov
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 15 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Elvin Camalov 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.
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Steady
Squad24 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 24 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad24 Jan 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elvin Camalov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Steady
Squad17 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 31 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A season on the outside for Mattia Bozza
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at FK Senica has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Steady
Squad10 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 40 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad10 Jan 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Ivan Nemec 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.
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Steady
Squad3 Jan 2028
Robert Suslov breaks a bone — 49 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 49 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market3 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Jan 2028
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and FK Senica have had the benefit of it.
Market3 Jan 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at FK Senica, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Jan 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Robert Suslov and FK Senica agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Squad27 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 57 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Elvin Camalov 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.
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Steady
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 43. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad20 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
A brace, and Jakub Gyomber takes the afternoon — 8.13
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jakub Gyomber provided it, and the 8.13 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
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Steady
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Martin Mak runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 47. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 71 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match11 Dec 2027
Zlate Moravce will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. FK Senica were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad13 Dec 2027
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Ninety minutes of Viktor Pekarik at his very best
Marked 9.75. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at FK Senica.
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Uneasy
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad6 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 80 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Martin Bačík damages knee ligaments — 17 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 17 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.
Match4 Dec 2027
4 matches without a win for FK Senica
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around FK Senica are no longer polite ones.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrej Sestak and FK Senica agree another 4 years.
Squad6 Dec 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 60. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Robert Suslov breaks a bone — 88 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 88 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Martin Bačík damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Dominik Hubocan
13 goals and a season average of 7.25 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
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Crisis
Squad22 Nov 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 96 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Martin Bačík damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 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.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Martin Mak runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad22 Nov 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match20 Nov 2027
Slovan Bratislava left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elvin Camalov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Nov 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 105 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Martin Bačík damages knee ligaments — 38 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 38 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.
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
No sign of nerves from Jakub Bozenik at 17 — 8.09
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jakub Bozenik did not need any: 8.09, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Elvin Camalov 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.
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Upbeat
Squad8 Nov 2027
Robert Suslov breaks a bone — 113 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 113 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.15, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
No sign of nerves from Andrej Sestak at 21 — 7.77
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Andrej Sestak did not need any: 7.77, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Nov 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match6 Nov 2027
Three points for FK Senica, 4‑3 the final word against Podbrezova in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match6 Nov 2027
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about FK Senica and Podbrezova in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Milan Bero is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Andrej Sestak has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
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Steady
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 44. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad1 Nov 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 121 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and FK Senica know it.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Elvin Camalov 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.
Match30 Oct 2027
DAC Dunajska Streda left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Upbeat
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Martin Mak
Successful dribbles: 54. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Robert Suslov out for 128 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FK Senica may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad25 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elvin Camalov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match23 Oct 2027
A 1‑0 win over Spartak Myjava, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
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Upbeat
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A fracture rules Milan Bero out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FK Senica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Robert Suslov, 34, rolls back the years — 7.92
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.92 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FK Senica may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Sep 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elvin Camalov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match11 Sep 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Robert Suslov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to FK Senica.
Market13 Sep 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Andrej Sestak’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Chances created: 5. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.
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Upbeat
Squad10 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 May 2027
Peter Lobotka 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 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Marek Hrosovsky
“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.
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Upbeat
Squad12 Apr 2027
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miroslav Benes is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“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.
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Upbeat
Squad25 Jan 2027
Yegor Ivanov breaks a bone — 22 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 22 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The match ball belongs to Rostislav Ogienko, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Robert Suslov 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.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match23 Jan 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrey Mazurin. 1‑0 against Chaika, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
131% of the income goes out in wages at Yenisey
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
A performance of 8.17 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Santiago Montoya will call it something else in private.
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Yegor Ivanov out for 72 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Yenisey will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match5 Dec 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Chelyabinsk, and it could have been more.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.33 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Yenisey this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Yenisey training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrea Chukanov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikhail Tikhonov, and the manager let it.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Yegor Ivanov out for 102 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Yenisey will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match7 Nov 2026
Yenisey make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Yenisey have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Yegor Ivanov 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Three points for Yenisey, 1‑0 the final word against Torpedo Moscow in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Yenisey training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrea Chukanov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Andrey Mazurin was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.09. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Oct 2026
Robert Suslov 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
A 1‑0 win over SKA Khabarovsk, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Andrea Chukanov 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.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Marked 7.67 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Yenisey had the best player on the pitch.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 48. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Robert Suslov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Yenisey have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Yegor Ivanov 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
0‑1 to Chernomorets, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Andrea Chukanov
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at Yenisey
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
Spartak Myjava will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. FK Senica were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Dominik Hubocan takes the afternoon — 9.10
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Dominik Hubocan provided it, and the 9.10 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A move Lukáš Fabiš would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Lukáš Fabiš is living that version at FK Senica, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michal Suslov 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. FK Senica have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Viktor Pekarik 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Peter Lobotka at his very best
Marked 8.55. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at FK Senica.