The Rudes Chronicle
Match27 Jul 2030
Sibenik punish Rudes for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Duje Korač will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Rudes escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Market29 Jul 2030
Stipe Duvnjak agrees terms with Lucko
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Rudes people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Player ratings29 Jul 2030
Domagoj Brekalo, 17, steals the show — 8.14
Marked 8.14 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Transfer targets29 Jul 2030
Raul Bezeljak turns down Rudes
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Sesvete keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Marcelo Rebic is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 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.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Words exchanged at Rudes
Adiele Eriugo 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.
Transfer targets29 Jul 2030
Rudes rebuffed over Ryan Ledson
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Zagreb have kept their man, and Rudes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces29 Jul 2030
Rudes supporters have found a favourite in Domagoj Brekalo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Domagoj Brekalo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout29 Jul 2030
The manager makes an example of Karlo Kralj
“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.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Adiele Eriugo
- Squad Ivan Rebic signs on for more
- Match Duje Korač rescues a point for Rudes