Matej Sucic

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Djakovo Croatia
1 Mar 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Matej Sucic

20 Edition

The Djakovo Croatia Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Jan Hlapčić

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

49 days out for Ivan Kovac after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Djakovo Croatia will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Branko Vrgoč 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 Djakovo Croatia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Nikola Šalinović 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.

Match

Matej Sucic’s goal not enough for Djakovo Croatia

Matej Sucic scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

Sofian Bouzian 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.

Looking ahead

A six-pointer for Djakovo Croatia

Uskok next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.

The dugout

Fran Juranovic faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Fran Juranovic after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Slavko Stolnik

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Djakovo Croatia Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

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

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Djakovo Croatia

Bruno Brajković and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

One of our own: Darijo Kasalo joins the Djakovo Croatia first team

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

Market

Djakovo Croatia promote Matej Sucic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matej Sucic 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Bruno Brajković

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Djakovo Croatia against Uljanik Pula

0‑1 to Uljanik Pula, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Fran Juranovic: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad

Lukas Đikić: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Djakovo Croatia will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

The dugout

The plan did not have a place for Branko Vrgoč

Nobody at Djakovo Croatia is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief