The Grafičar Chronicle
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Ivan Lakićević says Grafičar 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Karl Kruus 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 The request is on a desk at Grafičar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A goal and an assist for Dario Janjić — 7.97
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.97 beside his name.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Grafičar
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
Balša Vukotić 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Vojvodina tell Grafičar: Andrej Pivaš 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Dusan Bogdanovic joins the Grafičar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dusan Bogdanovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Lazar Petrovic steps up from the Grafičar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lazar Petrovic 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
Branislav Ivic steps up from the Grafičar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Branislav Ivic 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nemanja Andrijanić
- Match Late, late show earns Grafičar a point
- Squad Grafičar are still strangers to each other