The Dugopolje Post
Market26 Jul 2027
Andrija Balić asks to leave Dugopolje
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
No thanks: Lukáš Němec rejects the move
Dugopolje had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Hradec Králové, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match24 Jul 2027
Dugopolje end the wait against Rudes
It had gone 7 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Dugopolje
Dominik Balić 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Dugopolje
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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Dugopolje rebuffed over Codruţ Sandu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Bucharest have kept their man, and Dugopolje go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Both jobs done by Josip Balić — 7.56
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 12 actions, 7.56, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
The terraces26 Jul 2027
The crowd has taken to Josip Balić
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market26 Jul 2027
Dugopolje promote Mislav Srna from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mislav Srna 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.
In brief
- Market Mate Babic steps up from the Dugopolje academy
- Market One of our own: Goran Modric joins the Dugopolje first team
- Match Dugopolje get the job done against Rudes