The Podbrezova Sentinel
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Podbrezova
Samuel Štefánik and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Oct 2026
Podbrezova promote Ivan Duris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Duris 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 dugout12 Oct 2026
Martin Chrien 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 ahead12 Oct 2026
A reunion for Shayon Harrison
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Tatran Prešov in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Luka Silagadze question follows Podbrezova around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Luka Silagadze’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market12 Oct 2026
Still no ink between Podbrezova and Muhammed Alao
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Podbrezova, another week without a signature from Muhammed Alao.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
When it matters, Šimon Faško plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Daniel Michl remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Podbrezova would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Martin Parilla wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Podbrezova will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for René Paraj
- The dugout Martin Parilla knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Martin Chrien has settled at Podbrezova