The Varteks Post
Match25 Aug 2027
Varteks through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Rudes, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match25 Aug 2027
Varteks win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Rudes will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market30 Aug 2027
Denis Ceraj hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Varteks can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A brace, and Diego Saina takes the afternoon — 8.72
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Diego Saina provided it, and the 8.72 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Petar Vuko says Varteks went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Varteks
Denis Ceraj and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Belts tighten at Varteks
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Luka Posinković
Varteks asked and NK Varazdin said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Varteks
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Toni Brezina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The terraces One of their own: Daniel Corluka
- Player ratings Caio Cruz beats them one at a time
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Igor Ribić