The Cukaricki Post
Squad28 Sep 2026
Uroš Miladinović 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 Cukaricki this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
Cukaricki supporters have found a favourite in Nikola Stanković
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Nikola Stanković 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Cukaricki lose Sinisa Simic
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Srđan Mijailović is still paying for one afternoon at Cukaricki
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Nikola Stanković
7.59, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Cukaricki had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Matija Marsenić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matija Marsenić, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Lazar Mijović beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Darko Pavlovic chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Looking ahead28 Sep 2026
A test against the best for Cukaricki
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Vojvodina.
In brief
- Match Cukaricki draw a blank against Napredak
- Looking ahead Milan Pavkov faces his old club
- Player ratings A day to forget for Srđan Mijailović