The Ušće Herald
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Filip Pajkić says Ušće 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.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Bogdan Kostić
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Ušće
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
Words at Ušće training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bogdan Kostić 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Cukaricki tell Ušće: Nikola Vasiljević 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.
Match24 Jul 2027
Smederevo 1924 take the points off Ušće
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Veljko Grujic joins the Ušće first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Veljko Grujic 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
Predrag Petrovic steps up from the Ušće academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Predrag 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
One of our own: Novak Sergej joins the Ušće first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Novak Sergej is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Ivan Bogdanovic steps up from the Ušće academy
- The dugout Dejan Stanivuković gets it from the manager
- The dugout Lazar Mladenovic answers for it