The Javor-Matis Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
Mateja Zuvić breaks Radnik Surdulica hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Mateja Zuvić scored in the 85th minute, Radnik Surdulica had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Javor-Matis took the lot.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Dušan Pantelić 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Javor-Matis
Marko Bjeković 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Javor-Matis get the job done against Radnik Surdulica
A 1‑0 win over Radnik Surdulica, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Benjamin Acquah
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Milan Ilić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Milan Ilić, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Mateja Zuvić takes the honours
- Squad Javor-Matis lose Predrag Matic
- Market Javor-Matis bring in Vahid Gicić on loan