David Kucka

Left Midfielder - Považská Bystrica U20
7 Sep 2036
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The Považská Bystrica Gazette

28 May 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 May 2035

A fracture rules Estivel Moreira out for 83 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Považská Bystrica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market28 May 2035

Only the photograph left for Jakub Rusnak

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jakub Rusnak will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Považská Bystrica the goodbyes have quietly begun.

The dugout28 May 2035

No hiding place for Islam Bounedjah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Islam Bounedjah, and the manager let it.

Market28 May 2035

The Ivan Pekarik story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ivan Pekarik signs something — a contract at Považská Bystrica or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout28 May 2035

When it matters, Hugo Martinez 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 dugout28 May 2035

Lukasz Piszczek knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Považská Bystrica, and both men came out saying it was fine.

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The Považská Bystrica Gazette

27 Nov 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout27 Nov 2034

Karol Strelec: 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.” Považská Bystrica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market27 Nov 2034

Hugo Martinez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Považská Bystrica can pretend not to have heard.

Squad27 Nov 2034

A row about effort at Považská Bystrica

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and King Williams was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout27 Nov 2034

Jakub Rusnak gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout27 Nov 2034

Juraj Kucka frozen out at Považská Bystrica

This is not rotation. Juraj Kucka has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Považská Bystrica is pretending otherwise.

Squad27 Nov 2034

David Kucka out for 23 days

The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for David Kucka, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings27 Nov 2034

Gergő Balis stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.36 on the card, and the Považská Bystrica support went home talking about one name.

The dugout27 Nov 2034

Považská Bystrica pick somebody else ahead of Juraj Pekarik

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Match25 Nov 2034

Point won or two lost for Považská Bystrica?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Spartak Trnava? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

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431 Edition

The Považská Bystrica Gazette

30 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings30 Oct 2034

Ivan Pekarik, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.96

A mark of 7.96 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market30 Oct 2034

Hugo Martinez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Považská Bystrica can pretend not to have heard.

Squad30 Oct 2034

A row about effort at Považská Bystrica

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Filip Kalanin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces30 Oct 2034

One of their own: Ivan Pekarik

He is 21 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.

Match28 Oct 2034

Považská Bystrica see off Stará Ľubovňa

Three points for Považská Bystrica, 1‑0 the final word against Stará Ľubovňa in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout30 Oct 2034

Juraj Pekarik gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout30 Oct 2034

Juraj Kucka frozen out at Považská Bystrica

This is not rotation. Juraj Kucka has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Považská Bystrica is pretending otherwise.

Squad30 Oct 2034

Považská Bystrica lose David Kucka

51 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout30 Oct 2034

A satisfied Interim Coach

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Interim Coach could afford to be generous.

In brief