The Zlin Chronicle
Player ratings23 Jul 2029
John Mercado runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Jul 2029
John Mercado 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 Zlin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Real improvement from Jeremiah Berkeley-Agyepong at Zlin
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jeremiah Berkeley-Agyepong is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Jul 2029
A late step up for Zvonimir Katalinić
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Graduation day at Zlin
11 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Words at Zlin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matěj Radosta 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.
Market23 Jul 2029
Zlin promote Michal Soucek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michal Soucek has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Jul 2029
One of our own: Antonin Brabec joins the Zlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antonin Brabec is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Jul 2029
One of our own: Tomas Holes joins the Zlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomas Holes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jiri Sima joins the Zlin first team
- Match Zlin come up short against Banik Ostrava
- Boardroom Zlin board go back on their word