The Slaven Belupo Chronicle
Squad3 Oct 2039
Giacomo Manzari damages knee ligaments — 46 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 46 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.
Squad3 Oct 2039
Daniel Srna keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Slaven Belupo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad3 Oct 2039
Karlo Sentić signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Karlo Sentić and Slaven Belupo agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Oct 2039
Karlo Sentić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match1 Oct 2039
HNK Rijeka take the points off Slaven Belupo
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings3 Oct 2039
Arsenii Fedorenko runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Slaven Belupo and Luka Posavec
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Boris Horvat
- The terraces The press have found their man in Karlo Sentić