The Bistrica Post
Match22 Jul 2028
Nobody wants to play Bistrica right now
4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Bistrica
Gilles Lentz 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.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Bistrica
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match22 Jul 2028
Bistrica get the job done against Triglav Kranj
A 3‑2 win over Triglav Kranj, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
NK Celje tell Bistrica: Stijan Gobec 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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words at Bistrica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matic Kopač 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.
The terraces24 Jul 2028
One of their own: Mick Crnac
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market24 Jul 2028
Bistrica promote Rok Skubic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rok Skubic 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Filip Sikosek steps up from the Bistrica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Sikosek 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.
In brief
- Market Erik Janza steps up from the Bistrica academy
- Market Bistrica promote Benjamin Kurtovic from within
- The dugout Gilles Lentz gets it from the manager