The Sibenik Post
Match21 Jul 2029
Mateo Bačić wins it after the whistle should have gone
94 minutes played. Mateo Bačić found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Hrvatski Dragovoljac went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Squad23 Jul 2029
A day Mateo Bačić will not forget
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.
Player ratings23 Jul 2029
Toni Kolega was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Léo Izidoro is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Tempers go at Sibenik
Šime Gržan 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 ratings23 Jul 2029
Ninety minutes of Mateo Bačić at his very best
Marked 9.65. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sibenik.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Graduation day at Sibenik
5 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.
Match21 Jul 2029
Mateo Bačić the difference as Sibenik beat Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mateo Bačić. 3‑2 against Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad23 Jul 2029
A late step up for Marco Russo
At 24 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.
In brief
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