Inaccessible breach of discipline, after which Slovan Bratislava coach Vladimír Weiss st. decided on an uncompromising step and eliminated as many as a quartet of players from the nominations for the last league match. According to former well-known league player Tomáš Ďubek, the punished players are not at all aware of who they are playing for.
“They were not nominated because for certain reasons they did not come to the meeting, to lunch. It is not normal for a player not to come to lunch,” said coach Weiss after the victory over MŠK Žilina in the 18th round of the Niké League to the four players of the Whites Rahim Ibrahim, Kelvin Ofori, Alasana Yirajang and Sharani Zuberu.
Slovan Bratislava defeated Žilina 3:2 at home in the 18th round of the Nike League on Sunday and became the autumn champion. Trainer Vladimír Weiss senior. omitted from the roster four players who violated discipline.
He reminded that the named players were not removed from the squad, but only from the match roster as part of the punishment. “They are not sacked, but they have been punished by not being nominated for the match, because that must not happen. It is a question of attitude and discipline.” Weiss emphasized.
“I cannot allow it in this direction, because for me it is incomprehensible and consequences will be drawn from it. These are inexcusable things towards the team, towards me, towards the club. Those players must realize where they are, what they are and what club they are in.” he added.
If it’s because of the scum, then pack your bags and get away from Slovan
In the 64th episode of the show, we talked about the offense committed by the four soccer players of the reigning champion Where did you kick it? already SPORT.sk and a former well-known league player also offered his perspective on the whole thing Tomáš Ďubek.
“Coach Weiss said it in the press conference – after what happened before the game, he took a bit of a risk. It ended up working out for him because the players seemed to pick up on what was going on.” indicated a clear message to the entire Slovan cabin from coach Weiss Ďubek, “they realized what was going on and understood that they could no longer do what they wanted.”
The head referee Peter Kráľovič blew his whistle three times and the autumn part of the Nike League season 2025/2026 is definitely in the past. Also for this year, we have the champion ŠK Slovan Bratislava at the head of the overall peloton, despite the crisis in which it currently finds itself. We did not only debate about this in the 64th episode of the show Where did you kick it? on ŠPORT.sk!
“It worked out well in the end, but those players who weren’t nominated will now have a hard time getting back. It definitely left a stain. Even their teammates can say, ‘You let us down and didn’t come when we needed you.’ I would call it gross indiscipline. But Slovan managed it and is the first,” he mentioned Sunday’s victory of Bratislavans over Žilina.
“I can’t explain it. Why didn’t they come anyway?” asks Tomáš Ďubek, who has 465 league starts in the top competition. “The second thing is whether they let someone know, or whether it was just out of spite. That’s also important. If it’s out of spite, then fine – in the winter pack up and go away when you don’t want to play for Slovan.” says the former well-known midfielder to the four rebels.
Slovan Bratislava struggled with a crisis during the fall. He was plagued by injuries, fatigue and bad form. Despite this, he spends the winter at the head of the Nike league. Trainer Vladimír Weiss senior. however, it requests changes.
“Young Vlado (Weiss, editor’s note) or Robo Mak keep repeating in interviews that players need to know who they are playing for. They obviously don’t know. I don’t understand – why wouldn’t I come to lunch? It’s a mystery to me. They didn’t come to lunch and therefore not even to the match,” concluded in the 64th episode of the show Where did you kick it? on ŠPORT.sk Tomáš Ďubek.






