The Zlate Moravce Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
Ivan Mak damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Zlate Moravce
Ganbold Ganbayar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Zlate Moravce training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Martin Bukata 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Filip Balaj
“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.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Shayon Harrison story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Shayon Harrison signs something — a contract at Zlate Moravce or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Jan Kadlec has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Zlate Moravce will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
The goals keep arriving from Samuel Hodúr’s exile
5 goals in 13 games at Baník Lehota pod Vtáčnikom — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Zlate Moravce updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Amath Cissé asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Marek Kuzma has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Marek Kuzma has written the date down.
In brief
- Loan watch Matej Majerčík first choice at Šamorín
- Looking ahead An away day at MFK Zvolen next for Zlate Moravce
- Squad Daniel Kutík finally belongs at Zlate Moravce