Stipe Tadic

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52 Edition

The Croatia Zmijavci Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match24 Jul 2027

No end in sight to Croatia Zmijavci's wait for a win

23 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Croatia Zmijavci has to find a result from somewhere.

Match24 Jul 2027

Croatia Zmijavci cannot find the net

5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Boardroom26 Jul 2027

Graduation day at Croatia Zmijavci

3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Tomislav Gudelj in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Croatia Zmijavci this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market26 Jul 2027

Goran Knezevic steps up from the Croatia Zmijavci academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Goran Knezevic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market26 Jul 2027

Croatia Zmijavci promote Milan Rebic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Milan Rebic 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.

Market26 Jul 2027

Croatia Zmijavci promote Ante Stanisic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ante Stanisic 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 dugout26 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Ivan Kargotić

“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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Lev Lenssen 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.

In brief

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48 Edition

The Croatia Zmijavci Post

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market28 Jun 2027

Andrii Porokhnia puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Croatia Zmijavci, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Dinamo Zagreb tell Croatia Zmijavci: Aleks Stojaković is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout28 Jun 2027

The manager makes an example of Ivan Kargotić

“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.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Words at Croatia Zmijavci training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomislav Gudelj is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Croatia Zmijavci count the cost of losing Stipe Tadic

43 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad28 Jun 2027

A falling-out at Croatia Zmijavci

David Ivankić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

2 Edition

The Croatia Zmijavci Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Christian Ilić arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Christian Ilić has, at Croatia Zmijavci, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Luka Bradarić due for a Croatia Zmijavci medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Lukas Murica turns down Croatia Zmijavci

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: HNK Rijeka keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Ivan Cvetko

Croatia Zmijavci asked and Slaven Belupo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Daniel Katić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Croatia Zmijavci this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Domagoj Grbic steps up from the Croatia Zmijavci academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Domagoj Grbic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Dejan Sutalo joins the Croatia Zmijavci first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dejan Sutalo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Stipe Tadic steps up from the Croatia Zmijavci academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stipe Tadic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

Mateo Kovacevic steps up from the Croatia Zmijavci academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateo Kovacevic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief