The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post
Squad26 Jul 2027
A one-man rearguard from Antonio Đaković
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A defender's afternoon for Moreno Živković
Defensive actions: 28. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991
Niko Galešić 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Vedran Petkov is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market26 Jul 2027
Sime Vrsaljko comes home
The shirt still fits. Sime Vrsaljko is back at HNK Vukovar 1991, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market26 Jul 2027
As if he never left: Goran Pjaca returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Goran Pjaca is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market26 Jul 2027
Daniel Perisic is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Jul 2027
HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Mirosław Tabor
61 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Match HNK Vukovar 1991 find a way past NK Varazdin
- Player ratings One of those days for Cody Baker
- Player ratings A masterclass from Lovro Banovec