The Opatija Sentinel
Match24 Jul 2027
Nowhere to hide for Opatija
0‑3 against Sesvete, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market26 Jul 2027
Ararat come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Opatija did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market26 Jul 2027
Igor Ribić 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 The request is on a desk at Opatija, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Igor Ribić keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Opatija may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Kévin Théophile-Catherine due for a Opatija medical
Everything agreed with Dinamo Zagreb, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Branko Pavić will not be coming to Opatija
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at HNK Rijeka is saying, and nobody at Opatija is enjoying the guessing.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Opatija
Dominik Drk 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Opatija
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at Opatija training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Robert Mišković 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Opatija rebuffed over Luka Posinković
- Market Ivan Srna steps up from the Opatija academy
- Market Opatija promote Mate Stanisic from within