The MFK Skalica Gazette
Squad28 Oct 2030
The knee: Kevin Wimmer out for 145 days
145 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. MFK Skalica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match26 Oct 2030
No end in sight to MFK Skalica's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at MFK Skalica has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Oct 2030
Words exchanged at MFK Skalica
Kevin Wimmer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market28 Oct 2030
MFK Skalica promote Albert Duda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Albert Duda 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.
Market28 Oct 2030
Stefan Hamsik steps up from the MFK Skalica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Hamsik has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market28 Oct 2030
One of our own: Patrik Sestak joins the MFK Skalica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrik Sestak is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Oct 2030
One of our own: Albert Kucka joins the MFK Skalica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Albert Kucka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad28 Oct 2030
Words at MFK Skalica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Lores 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.
Match26 Oct 2030
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 95 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon MFK Skalica had all but put away. MFK Ruzomberok will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Carlos Lores
- Match Richard Ludha rescues a point for MFK Skalica
- The dugout Interim Coach on the point