The Hrvatski Dragovoljac Courier
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Noel Bodetić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market14 Dec 2026
Hrvatski Dragovoljac promote Mato Modric from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mato Modric 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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Marko Kopić
“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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
When it matters, Josip Bartulić plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market14 Dec 2026
The Giovanni Jerolimov talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hrvatski Dragovoljac know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Marko Batur knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marko Batur trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Josip Bartulić speaks
- Squad The penny has dropped for Dmytro Zudin
- The dugout Mario Šuver keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Questions about Mato Rebic on the training pitch