The Lokomotiva Zagreb Courier
Squad26 Jul 2027
Manuel Falón breaks a bone — 28 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 28 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match24 Jul 2027
6 matches without a win for Lokomotiva Zagreb
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Lokomotiva Zagreb are no longer polite ones.
Market26 Jul 2027
Cibalia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Lokomotiva Zagreb did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Lokomotiva Zagreb
Marko Vešović 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 ratings26 Jul 2027
Juan José Córdoba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Lokomotiva Zagreb
8 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Sebastián Cocimano 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Cheikh Mbacke Diop
“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.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Bojan Bogdan joins the Lokomotiva Zagreb first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bojan Bogdan 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 Niko Erceg steps up from the Lokomotiva Zagreb academy
- Market Andrej Bogdan steps up from the Lokomotiva Zagreb academy
- Match Lokomotiva Zagreb draw a blank against NK Osijek