The Lokomotiva Zagreb Courier
Match15 Aug 2026
Lokomotiva Zagreb win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 94th minute. Slaven Belupo will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Oliver Heiðarsson takes the afternoon — 8.49
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Oliver Heiðarsson provided it, and the 8.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
Lokomotiva Zagreb say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Zagreb for Cheikh Mbacke Diop was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Aleksandar Trajkovski yet — 8.03
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.03 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match15 Aug 2026
Lokomotiva Zagreb find a way past Slaven Belupo
Slaven Belupo made Lokomotiva Zagreb work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Lokomotiva Zagreb training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Sigali 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 terraces17 Aug 2026
Lokomotiva Zagreb supporters have found a favourite in Aleks Stojaković
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Aleks Stojaković has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mario Šitum 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Aleks Stojaković
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Mirko Sušak in a row with a teammate
- Market The Carlo Mateković conversation is coming
- Squad Oliver Heiðarsson is off the mark for Lokomotiva Zagreb