The MFK Skalica Gazette
Squad9 Aug 2027
Erik Daniel damages knee ligaments — 49 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 49 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.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Patrik Duris keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” MFK Skalica may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market9 Aug 2027
Erik Riška 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 The request is on a desk at MFK Skalica, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Patrik Lukáč signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Patrik Lukáč and MFK Skalica agree another 3 years.
Match7 Aug 2027
The drought breaks for MFK Skalica
7 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Zlate Moravce were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A falling-out at MFK Skalica
Patrik Lukáč and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at MFK Skalica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roman Potočný 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 terraces9 Aug 2027
MFK Skalica supporters have found a favourite in Ivan Gulko
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ivan Gulko has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market9 Aug 2027
One of our own: Ivan Duris joins the MFK Skalica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Duris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match MFK Skalica see off Zlate Moravce
- Player ratings Ivan Gulko stands above it all
- The dugout Andrej Nemec has his say