MANDŽUKIĆ HEADS HOME THE FIRST GOAL IN THE 5TH MINUTE Dinamo Zagreb stuck a dagger into Hearts players Thursday night at Maksimir as the Croatian club easily won 4-0. Mario Mandžukić, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Ivica Vrdoljak and Igor Bišćan all scored goals in the thumping of the Scottish side. Dinamo has all but stamped their ticket into the Europa League group … [Read more...] about EUROPEAN PLAYOFF ROUND: FIRST LEG
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4TH ROUND HNL RESULTS
By 13 CommentsHere are the results for Aug 14-16... Hajduk Split [2 - 2] Inter Zaprešić WHO BRINGS KRAFNE TO A MATCH ANYWAYS? If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then this one is worth 100,000. Not only are Torcida wasting perfectly good krafne on Hajduk but they're obviously not big fans of club chairman Joško Svaguša and Ivica Šurjak either. Hajduk is still … [Read more...] about 4TH ROUND HNL RESULTS
DINAMO COME UP SHORT WITH RED BULL
By 18 CommentsDINAMO MANAGER KRUNOSLAV JURČIĆ Dinamo Zagreb are out of Champions League for this season as they lost to Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 Tuesday night at Maksimir. Game highlights showed that Dinamo were the more aggressive side with better chances at goal; but as the game of soccer goes, you have to finish your chances to win. Red Bull started off the scoring in the 33' when … [Read more...] about DINAMO COME UP SHORT WITH RED BULL
DINAMO MANAGES DRAW IN SALZBURG
By 29 CommentsDinamo Zagreb played to an evenly-matched 1-1 draw against Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg Wednesday night. With Red Bull scoring first only seconds before the halftime whistle, Dinamo had to muster an all important away goal before returning to Zagreb. In the 63', Mario Mandžukić capitalized on a Red Bull defensive error to make the game 1-1. Dinamo put a long ball … [Read more...] about DINAMO MANAGES DRAW IN SALZBURG
DINAMO-RED BULL PREVIEW
By 25 CommentsDinamo Zagreb are set to take on Red Bull Salzburg in less than 13 hours in their Champions League third qualifying round encounter. With Salzburg only 200 miles away from Zagreb, one thousand Dinamo supporters have already made the trip for the big game with more on the way. Will the BBB play nice in Austria or will it be a repeat of the friendly a few weeks ago? Dinamo … [Read more...] about DINAMO-RED BULL PREVIEW
WELCOME TO LIGA 16
By 5 CommentsThe one year experiment of the HNS to expand the Croatian league by four teams is now underway. In it's first week, Dinamo Zagreb showed us why they will undoubtedly be the best club in Croatia this season while Hajduk Split struggled to even earn one point against NK Osijek. Dinamo should win the league this year by a 12 point margin. Here are the 1st Round results for … [Read more...] about WELCOME TO LIGA 16
SLAVEN BELUPO, RIJEKA THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND
By 2 CommentsRIJEKA CELEBRATE THEIR VICTORY OVER DIFFERDANGE Slaven Belupo and NK Rijeka will join Hajduk Split in the Europa League third qualifying round. Rijeka avenged a 1-0 first leg loss to Luxembourg club Differdange with an easy 3-0 win at the Kantrida Stadium Thursday night. Rijkea got goals from Tarik Cerić(20'), Anas Sharbini(24') and Ahmad Sharbini(64'). Although … [Read more...] about SLAVEN BELUPO, RIJEKA THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND
DINAMO DEFEATS PYUNIK 3-0
By 32 CommentsDinamo Zagreb did what they had to do. It wasn't pretty but they managed to move onto the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round after beating Armenian champions Pyunik 3-0 Tuesday night in Zagreb. Dinamo will now face Red Bull Salzburg in the next qualifying round. The first leg should take place either July 28th or 29th in Austria. With Salzburg only a two hour train … [Read more...] about DINAMO DEFEATS PYUNIK 3-0
SLAVEN BELUPO PLAYS TRICK, RIJEKA LOSE
By 19 CommentsHAT TRICK MAESTRO, ALJOŠA VOJNOVIĆ The first leg of the 2009-10 Europa League second qualifying round got underway today. Croatian clubs, NK Rijeka and Slaven Belupo both started their European seasons on the road. Slaven Belupo torched Macedonian side Milano (no relation with AC Milan) as they pulled some 'tricks' out of the bag in a 4-0 win. Hungarian Csaba Csizmadia … [Read more...] about SLAVEN BELUPO PLAYS TRICK, RIJEKA LOSE