The Zadar Gazette
The dugout3 May 2032
Mateo Ivanovic: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zadar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2032
Arbër Hoxha in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zadar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 May 2032
Talks stall between Zadar and Julián Vila
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market3 May 2032
Zadar sign Petar Corluka, one for the future
Petar Corluka is 18, and Zadar have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The dugout3 May 2032
When it matters, Petar Barisic 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.
The dugout3 May 2032
Julián Vila asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad3 May 2032
No place for Petar Corluka in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Zadar are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout3 May 2032
The manager makes an example of Viktor Puzak
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad3 May 2032
Damir Barisic has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Damir Barisic keeps the shirt for now, at Zadar's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Market Robert Budimir linked with a move away
- Squad Extra work for Marin Majer at Zadar