Marin Modric

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Grobnican U18
2 Apr 2028
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Process

Marked for Marin Modric

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The Grobnican Post

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Darijan Žarkov breaks a bone — 17 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A row about effort at Grobnican

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Filip Vajdovčić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Filip Vajdovčić

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Marin Modric out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Marin Modric, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Marko Tešija is slowing down

At 35, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Market

Still no ink between Grobnican and Filip Vajdovčić

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Grobnican, another week without a signature from Filip Vajdovčić.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Fran Vrsaljko was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Grobnican dressing room was either.

Looking ahead

Grobnican take on the side everybody is chasing

Orijent 1919 arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

The dugout

Ange Chiesa gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief