The Hrvace Post
Squad26 Jul 2027
9 saves: Ivan Križanović was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market26 Jul 2027
Ivan Križanović 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 The request is on a desk at Hrvace, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Marin Carev keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hrvace may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
The paperwork begins on Josip Radošević
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hrvace have done the hard part with Istra 1961, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Hrvace
Zoran Lesjak and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hrvace
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
Door shut on Šimun Butić
Hrvace asked and HNK Rijeka said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Hrvace
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Petar Šimunić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Duje Grbic joins the Hrvace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duje Grbic 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 Hrvace promote Robert Pasalic from within
- Market Mate Kovac steps up from the Hrvace academy
- The dugout Baltazar Bogolin gets it from the manager