HNK Vukovar 1991 U18

Croatian Prva HNL U18
28 Feb 2028
Monday
Process
82 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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HNK Vukovar 1991 lose Daniel Vinković

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

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No hiding place for Mate Šuto

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

In brief

Back issues
81 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Mehmet Sıddık İstemi says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HNK Vukovar 1991 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

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Dominik Mulac 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.

Market

The Moreno Živković story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Moreno Živković signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Alen Jurilj 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

80 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Dominik Mulac says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

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Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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No hiding place for Kristijan Pavičić

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

In brief

79 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

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The manager makes an example of Mirosław Tabor

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

The Antonio Đaković question follows HNK Vukovar 1991 around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Antonio Đaković’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

78 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 sign Ognjen Kersan, one for the future

Ognjen Kersan is 20, and HNK Vukovar 1991 have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mate Šuto

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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Somebody is after Niko Galešić’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Niko Galešić suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HNK Vukovar 1991 have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

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Vilim Gec asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Roko Kurtović joins HNK Vukovar 1991 on a free

No fee and no drama: Roko Kurtović has signed at HNK Vukovar 1991, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

77 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Home is on Cody Baker's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

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Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

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The manager makes an example of Josip Elez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

76 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Antonio Đaković is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Antonio Đaković: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 through in the cup

A 0‑0 win over HNK Gorica, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Moreno Živković

Defensive actions: 31. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Josip Elez says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Dominik Mulac

Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 sell Kerim Çalhanoğlu for $1.4M

Kerim Çalhanoğlu has left for Dinamo Zagreb in a $1.4M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Vilim Gec

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

The kick that got away from Kaio Magno

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

In brief

75 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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The season belongs to Gianluca Cangiano

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and HNK Vukovar 1991 have had the benefit of it.

Market

Robin Gonzalez attracts admirers

The name of Robin Gonzalez has come up in conversations HNK Vukovar 1991 were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Vilim Gec

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

Market

The Antonio Đaković story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Antonio Đaković signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Robin Gonzalez

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. HNK Vukovar 1991 would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

In brief

74 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Alen Jurilj keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

The Kerim Çalhanoğlu story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Kerim Çalhanoğlu signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

73 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dominik Mulac

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

72 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Kristijan Pavičić: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

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Lovro Banovec stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Lovro Banovec and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

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Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

71 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Dominik Mulac: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

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Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Moreno Živković named player of the month

The award goes to Moreno Živković, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

In brief

70 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaio Magno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

The Kerim Çalhanoğlu story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Kerim Çalhanoğlu signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

69 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Jakov Gurlica shuts the door

Defensive actions: 26, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now HNK Vukovar 1991 have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Robin Gonzalez

Marked 9.25 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 find a way past Lokomotiva Zagreb

Lokomotiva Zagreb made HNK Vukovar 1991 work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Dominik Mulac

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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The manager makes an example of Mirosław Tabor

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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Josip Elez knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Josip Elez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

68 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Gabriel Kazu keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

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Cody Baker wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and HNK Vukovar 1991 know it.

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Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Moreno Živković

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Moreno Živković the difference as HNK Vukovar 1991 beat Istra 1961

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Moreno Živković. 2‑0 against Istra 1961, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Niko Galešić

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Jakov Gurlica

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

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No hiding place for Josip Elez

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

In brief

67 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Antonio Đaković keeps HNK Vukovar 1991 in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Jakov Gurlica shuts the door

Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Cody Baker

Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 see off Hajduk Split

Three points for HNK Vukovar 1991, 1‑0 the final word against Hajduk Split in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gianluca Cangiano

Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Mate Šuto 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.

Market

The Antonio Đaković story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Antonio Đaković signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

66 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 march on in the cup

Lokomotiva Zagreb are out and HNK Vukovar 1991 go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Roko Brajković keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

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Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Dominik Mulac

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.32, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Niko Galešić

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

Match

HNK Rijeka take the points off HNK Vukovar 1991

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Kristijan Pavičić

Marked 8.34 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The team sheet said everything about Josip Elez

Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Josip Elez.

In brief

65 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

4 matches without a win for HNK Vukovar 1991

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around HNK Vukovar 1991 are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 come up short against Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jan Paus-Kunšt

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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Kerim Çalhanoğlu knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kerim Çalhanoğlu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Moreno Živković question follows HNK Vukovar 1991 around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Moreno Živković’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Player ratings

Gianluca Cangiano leaves them behind him

Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

64 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

6 unbeaten for HNK Vukovar 1991

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Vukovar 1991 did not have in the autumn.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Cody Baker

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Antonio Bosec 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.

Match

Point won or two lost for HNK Vukovar 1991?

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

Player ratings

Gianluca Cangiano leaves them behind him

Shots: 11. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Kerim Çalhanoğlu

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 10 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Mirosław Tabor 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

63 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Josip Elez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Honours even between HNK Vukovar 1991 and HNK Gorica

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Niko Galešić knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Niko Galešić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Player ratings

Gianluca Cangiano keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

62 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Antonio Đaković

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Josip Elez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Josip Elez and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Đaković

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

Player ratings

A masterclass from Lovro Banovec

Marked 8.50 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

61 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 find a way past NK Varazdin

NK Varazdin made HNK Vukovar 1991 work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

One of those days for Robin Gonzalez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.52, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gianluca Cangiano

Marked 8.53 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lovro Banovec

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Kazu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez is off the mark for HNK Vukovar 1991

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Antonio Bosec knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Antonio Bosec trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

60 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

The wait goes on for HNK Vukovar 1991

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gianluca Cangiano

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.54, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Josip Špoljarić 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.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 and Lokomotiva Zagreb take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Antonio Bosec knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Antonio Bosec trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

The room hears from Jakov Puljić

“Nobody outside is coming to save us.” It was short, it was not comfortable, and by all accounts the HNK Vukovar 1991 squad were quieter afterwards than they had been all season.

Market

The Kaio Magno question follows HNK Vukovar 1991 around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Kaio Magno’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

59 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nothing got past Eniss Shabani

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 35 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Jakov Gurlica

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Jan Paus-Kunšt: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

The wait goes on for HNK Vukovar 1991

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings

Josip Elez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Home is on Cody Baker's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Moreno Živković

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Alen Jurilj 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.

In brief

58 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Mario Tadić asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Mario Tadić says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Jakov Gurlica signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jakov Gurlica commits to HNK Vukovar 1991 for another 4 years.

Match

Hajduk Split take the points off HNK Vukovar 1991

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Đaković

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

Player ratings

Gianluca Cangiano in the eights

A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Vilim Gec

Marked 5.69, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

57 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Marino Bulat moves on

Istra 1961 pay $210.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Match

A bad afternoon for HNK Vukovar 1991 against HNK Rijeka

0‑1 to HNK Rijeka, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Dominik Mulac 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.

Squad

Kerim Çalhanoğlu 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Moreno Živković question follows HNK Vukovar 1991 around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Moreno Živković’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Alen Jurilj

Marked 5.76, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

56 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Mirosław Tabor out for 31 days

The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Mirosław Tabor, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mehmet Sıddık İstemi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Istra 1961 expected to open talks for Marino Bulat

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HNK Vukovar 1991 will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

55 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Cody Baker

Defensive actions: 35. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Eniss Shabani

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Yenisey come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and HNK Vukovar 1991 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Niko Galešić

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

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 see off Rudes

Three points for HNK Vukovar 1991, 1‑0 the final word against Rudes in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Moreno Živković shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 put Mehmet Sıddık İstemi up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Mehmet Sıddık İstemi may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

54 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Josip Elez 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.

Match

HNK Gorica take the points off HNK Vukovar 1991

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Kaio Magno signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kaio Magno and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Elías Palacios wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and HNK Vukovar 1991 know it.

In brief

53 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Niko Galešić keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Istra 1961 come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and HNK Vukovar 1991 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lovro Banovec

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 come up short against NK Osijek

NK Osijek left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Đaković

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

Squad

Dino Jergović out for 41 days

The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Dino Jergović, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Jakov Puljić in the eights

A performance of 8.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

52 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Antonio Đaković

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Moreno Živković

Defensive actions: 28. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Vedran Petkov is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Sime Vrsaljko comes home

The shirt still fits. Sime Vrsaljko is back at HNK Vukovar 1991, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

As if he never left: Goran Pjaca returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Goran Pjaca is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Market

Daniel Perisic is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Mirosław Tabor

61 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

51 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Segesta expected to open talks for Marino Bulat

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HNK Vukovar 1991 will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Kerim Çalhanoğlu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

50 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in real trouble now

Position 8, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Mate Šuto is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player

The fee is $550.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Imotski drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Cody Baker wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and HNK Vukovar 1991 know it.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Niko Galešić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Jan Paus-Kunšt is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player

The fee is $140.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Istra 1961 drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Moreno Živković 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.

In brief

49 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 sign Vilim Gec for $450.0K

The paperwork is done: Vilim Gec joins from Segesta in a deal worth $450.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Niko Galešić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Eniss Shabani

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

Market

Hrvatski Dragovoljac are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. HNK Vukovar 1991 will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Moreno Živković 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

48 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Kerim Çalhanoğlu 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Eniss Shabani: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 lose Mirosław Tabor

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

In brief

47 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Elías Palacios 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Niko Galešić is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player

The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Dinamo Zagreb drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 sign Fran Ivan Marić, one for the future

Fran Ivan Marić is 19, and HNK Vukovar 1991 have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Antonio Đaković story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Antonio Đaković signs something — a contract at HNK Vukovar 1991 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

46 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for HNK Vukovar 1991

Position 8 and 17 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 turn down Istra 1961 for Robin Gonzalez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Marino Bulat 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 get their man

The chase for Gianluca Cangiano ended with $200.0K changing hands and Imotski out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Antonio Đaković in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Antonio Bosec 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.

In brief

45 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Lokomotiva Zagreb join the queue for Robin Gonzalez

Add another name to the list: Lokomotiva Zagreb have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Robin Gonzalez. The answer from HNK Vukovar 1991 has not changed — yet.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Elías Palacios's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Antonio Bosec loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Antonio Bosec. HNK Vukovar 1991 will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marino Bulat

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

44 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Kerim Çalhanoğlu 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Mirosław Tabor out for 119 days

The medical room confirms 119 days on the sidelines for Mirosław Tabor, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

No hiding place for Eniss Shabani

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

Squad

Kerim Çalhanoğlu 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Moreno Živković talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Vukovar 1991 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

43 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Moreno Živković signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moreno Živković and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Moreno Živković 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.

In brief

42 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for HNK Vukovar 1991

Position 8 and 17 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Vito Čaić 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.

In brief

41 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Home is on Cody Baker's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Marino Bulat 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.

In brief

40 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Kristijan Čabrajić 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.

In brief

39 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Bosec

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

Squad

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

38 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in real trouble now

Position 8, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakov Gurlica

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

37 Edition

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12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Kerim Çalhanoğlu asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 lose Kevin Andrade

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

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

36 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Elías Palacios wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and HNK Vukovar 1991 know it.

In brief

35 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Antonio Đaković linked with a move away

The name of Antonio Đaković keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Vukovar 1991 say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Marino Bulat asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

34 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 sink to position 8

17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Nikita Vlasenko

63 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

33 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kevin Andrade out for 52 days

The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Kevin Andrade, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Cody Baker wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and HNK Vukovar 1991 know it.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

32 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Josip Elez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Josip Elez and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

31 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Antonio Bosec 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Antonio Đaković linked with a move away

The name of Antonio Đaković keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Vukovar 1991 say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

30 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in real trouble now

Position 8, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Šime Gržan 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Nikita Vlasenko

94 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

No hiding place for Diego Arismendi

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

Squad

Jakov Gurlica asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

29 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Antonio Bosec says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Mauricio Felipe asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakov Biljan

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Emiliano Larrouy still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at HNK Vukovar 1991 would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market

The shop window has Šime Gržan in it

HNK Vukovar 1991 have let the market know Šime Gržan can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

28 Edition

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8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Emiliano Larrouy 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Kevin Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Jakov Gurlica 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.

Squad

Šime Gržan asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

A season on the outside for Kevin Andrade

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at HNK Vukovar 1991 has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Market

The Moreno Živković question follows HNK Vukovar 1991 around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Moreno Živković’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

27 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Kevin Andrade out for 30 days

The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Kevin Andrade, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Kevin Andrade in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Elías Palacios's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Šime Gržan 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Antonio Đaković linked with a move away

The name of Antonio Đaković keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Vukovar 1991 say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

26 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for HNK Vukovar 1991

Position 8 and 17 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Mario Tićinović 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Nikita Vlasenko out for 124 days

The medical room confirms 124 days on the sidelines for Nikita Vlasenko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Roko Brajković stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Roko Brajković and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

25 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Šime Gržan 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Roko Brajković is a HNK Vukovar 1991 player

The fee is $200.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Rudes drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

24 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Emiliano Larrouy 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 say no — this time

The offer from Cibalia for Mario Tićinović 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.

Squad

Gabriel Kazu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Kazu commits to HNK Vukovar 1991 for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Antonio Bosec asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Gabriel Kazu still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at HNK Vukovar 1991 would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

23 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The season belongs to Matyáš Vojta

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and HNK Vukovar 1991 have had the benefit of it.

Squad

Nikita Vlasenko says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Cibalia join the queue for Mario Tićinović

Add another name to the list: Cibalia have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mario Tićinović. The answer from HNK Vukovar 1991 has not changed — yet.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Kristijan Čabrajić

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

In brief

22 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in real trouble now

Position 8, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

145% of the income goes out in wages at HNK Vukovar 1991

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

21 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Mauricio Felipe 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Marino Bulat says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Šime Gržan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

20 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Emiliano Larrouy 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Kristijan Pavičić: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

19 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Šime Gržan asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Mehmet Sıddık İstemi keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

18 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in real trouble now

Position 8, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Alen Jurilj: 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.” HNK Vukovar 1991 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

In brief

17 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Mauricio Felipe keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

No end in sight to HNK Vukovar 1991's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Vukovar 1991 has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Elías Palacios 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Šime Gržan 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.

In brief

16 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Šime Gržan says HNK Vukovar 1991 went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Mauricio Felipe asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

6 matches without a win for HNK Vukovar 1991

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around HNK Vukovar 1991 are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Antonio Đaković 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.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 come up short against Lokomotiva Zagreb

Lokomotiva Zagreb left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

The one thing Kaio Magno could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

International call for Matyáš Vojta

Matyáš Vojta joins up with his country. HNK Vukovar 1991 lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

15 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Emiliano Larrouy asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Vito Čaić keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HNK Vukovar 1991 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

No end in sight to HNK Vukovar 1991's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Vukovar 1991 has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

No hiding place for Josip Elez

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

Player ratings

One of those days for Vito Čaić

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.43, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Matyáš Vojta

Marked 8.30 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Pocholo Bugas

63 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

14 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 sink to position 9

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

The small margins put HNK Vukovar 1991 out

Out, 0‑1 to HNK Gorica, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Šime Gržan 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 9 of the 32 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

No end in sight to HNK Vukovar 1991's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Vukovar 1991 has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Šime Gržan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

William Klingender out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for William Klingender, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom

Wages eat 174% of everything HNK Vukovar 1991 earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

13 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 come up short against NK Varazdin

NK Varazdin left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mario Tićinović

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Šime Gržan knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Šime Gržan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

12 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Emiliano Larrouy 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 ratings

A defender's afternoon for Moreno Živković

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Josip Elez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

No goals between HNK Vukovar 1991 and Dinamo Zagreb

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Dinamo Zagreb will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

11 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Jakov Gurlica

Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

HNK Vukovar 1991 lose Lovro Banovec

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

Player ratings

Nothing got past Josip Elez

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Lovro Banovec signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lovro Banovec and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Lovro Banovec

Marked 9.44 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

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Market

Elías Palacios asks to leave HNK Vukovar 1991

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Antonio Bosec out for 36 days

The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Antonio Bosec, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

The wait goes on for HNK Vukovar 1991

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Lovro Banovec runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Home is on Mehmet Sıddık İstemi's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; HNK Vukovar 1991 are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Match

Hajduk Split take the points off HNK Vukovar 1991

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Boardroom

Wages eat 287% of everything HNK Vukovar 1991 earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

No hiding place for Šime Gržan

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

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Market

Robin Gonzalez 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Matyáš Vojta 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.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 come up short against HNK Rijeka

HNK Rijeka left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

The one thing Matyáš Vojta could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

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Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lovro Banovec

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Robin Gonzalez’s goal not enough for HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Slaven Belupo, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez in the eights

A performance of 8.51 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Moreno Živković

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez is off the mark for HNK Vukovar 1991

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

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Player ratings

Jakov Gurlica shuts the door

Defensive actions: 26, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Josip Elez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Still nobody has beaten HNK Vukovar 1991

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Emiliano Larrouy 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 ratings

Nothing got past Moreno Živković

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 15 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 and Lokomotiva Zagreb cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Lokomotiva Zagreb came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Emiliano Larrouy still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at HNK Vukovar 1991 would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

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Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 10 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Robin Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Antonio Bosec out for 69 days

The medical room confirms 69 days on the sidelines for Antonio Bosec, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Jakov Gurlica shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Matyáš Vojta was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

6 unbeaten for HNK Vukovar 1991

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Vukovar 1991 did not have in the autumn.

Boardroom

Wages eat 248% of everything HNK Vukovar 1991 earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 see off HNK Gorica

Three points for HNK Vukovar 1991, 2‑0 the final word against HNK Gorica in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

One of those days for Matyáš Vojta

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.66, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

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Squad

4 goals for Matyáš Vojta

The match ball belongs to Matyáš Vojta, whose 4 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 tear NK Osijek apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against NK Osijek, and it could have been more.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Matyáš Vojta in the eights

A performance of 9.83 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Šime Gržan 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 ratings

One of those days for Josip Elez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.08, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

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Squad

A one-man rearguard from Antonio Đaković

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Nikita Vlasenko 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 HNK Vukovar 1991 can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Robin Gonzalez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

No end in sight to HNK Vukovar 1991's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Vukovar 1991 has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Lovro Banovec

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.64, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mario Tićinović

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 and NK Varazdin take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Pocholo Bugas 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 HNK Vukovar 1991, and both men came out saying it was fine.

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Player ratings

Nothing got past Eniss Shabani

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 44 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lovro Banovec

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Jakov Gurlica

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Josip Špoljarić 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 ratings

The one thing Matyáš Vojta could not do

Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Market

No place for Jakov Biljan in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jakov Biljan has his answer from HNK Vukovar 1991; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 bring in an old head

Emiliano Larrouy is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Market

Experience through the door at HNK Vukovar 1991

Diego Arismendi arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

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HNK Vukovar 1991 turn down Hajduk Split for Robin Gonzalez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lovro Banovec

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Robin Gonzalez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Jakov Puljić

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.86, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

24 months and counting on Jakov Puljić

Still no offer on the table, and Jakov Puljić’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market

HNK Vukovar 1991 buy the years ahead of Elías Palacios

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 and Istra 1961 take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Kaio Magno 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.

Market

Still no ink between HNK Vukovar 1991 and Alen Jurilj

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at HNK Vukovar 1991, another week without a signature from Alen Jurilj.

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Squad

Robin Gonzalez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Robin Gonzalez and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Robin Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Vukovar 1991 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Lovro Banovec

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.60, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Josip Špoljarić

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

The clock runs on Robin Gonzalez's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Match

HNK Vukovar 1991 and Hajduk Split take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

Still no ink between HNK Vukovar 1991 and Mario Tićinović

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at HNK Vukovar 1991, another week without a signature from Mario Tićinović.

Market

Nikita Vlasenko told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Nikita Vlasenko has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at HNK Vukovar 1991.

Squad

No hiding place for Jakov Biljan

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

In brief