Dinamo looked golden to start their Champions League playoff round against Norwegian champions Viking Tuesday night at Maksimir. Beljo and Lisica both scored inside of 10 minutes and it looked as if Dinamo could run away with this one. Instead, two Viking goal (one from a Dinamo defensive blunder) put them back in the tie to force a 2-2 draw in Croatia. Now, both clubs have all to play for next week in Norway.
Winner plays Champions League football while the loser will move down to Europa League.
Come on Dinamo!! Oh man I’m sweating over this one. I really felt that Dinamo needed to take an advantage from their home leg. Really hope Stojko will be available next week.
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@Stjepan V.
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Same here, I would like to see Franjo starting up top, reason being I don’t really think he’s that effective as a winger and our repka usually doesn’t play a starting formation with two strikers.
Based on l’equipe.fr article published today, it seems Franjo will be deployed on the left wing… see Lens starting lineup below.
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Said article also described Franjo as a player to watch at RC Lens. Here’s what Lens captain Florian Thauvin said of Franjo (from Google translate):
“We could see very quickly that he’s very skillful in front of goal. Technically, he can beat defenders, shoot with both his right and left foot. He makes runs in behind the defense, with excellent movement off the ball,” explains Florian Thauvin. Extremely versatile, he can replace Odsonne Édouard up front or support him on the wing or just below him.”
lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ligue-1-2026-2027-la-saison-de-la-confirmation-pour-lens/1711701
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@A Tin U
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I think I would have fallen into despair if Sofifa didn’t rate any of our young forwards with a potential score higher than Budimir lol😂
Yep agree it’s time to move on from Budimir… I’m keen to know what Igor’s potential score would be after their next update.
Btw Tin, the Petkovic at the bottom of your list – that’s Bruno, right?