It could have been a historical day for Croatian football if all three Europa League participants advanced to the third qualifying rounds, but Rijeka were unable to follow suit of their counterparts.
NK Lokomotiva defeated Ukrainian Premier League side Vorskla in Ukraine today after drawing 0-0 in Zagreb last week. The Lokosi set the tone with a first-minute goal scored by Petar Bockaj. Lokosi’s Dino Peric equalised the game with an own goal, but Ivan Fiolic responded back and regained the lead for the Lokosi.
Peric redeemed himself with a goal for his team this time in the 63rd minute. Despite the late goal by the Ukrainians, Lokomotiv was able to get by on a 3-2 victory and will enter the playoff round of qualifying.
Hajduk Split had a much easier task ahead of them this afternoon as they were already up 3-0 against their Ukrainian opponents, Oleksandria. Hajduk tacked on three more in the match, and walk into the playoff round after a 6-1 aggregate victory.
After a scoreless draw in Istanbul, Rijeka faced off against Basaksehir at Rujevica. After leading in the match, Rijeka ended with a 2-2 draw. The draw was not enough and Istanbul advanced on the away goal rule, eliminating Rijeka.
Dinamo Zagreb rounded out the fourth Croatian club participating in European play. On Tuesday, Dinamo advanced to the playoff round of the Champions League. There, they may face the likes of Celtic and APOEL.
The draws for the playoff rounds will be held on Friday.
Cool
I also found you can goto firstrow and it has a section for “Olympics”
http://gofirstrow.eu/sport/olympics.html
So you can select the Cro things there, that’s prolly the only way i can see Cro athletes tbh so i think i’ll be using that site a fair bit
Dannyj and Iggy,
This link will keep updated :
https://www.google.be/search?newwindow=1&espv=2&q=olympic+games+2016+croatia&oq=olym&gs_l=serp.1.0.35i39l2j0i67l4j0i131l2j0i3j0i131.2516.7935.0.10158.18.12.6.0.0.0.90.832.12.12.0….0…1c.1.64.serp..0.17.808.0..0j46j0i46j0i20.-6dxLaJyvvY
Cilic beat Dimitrov too easily which is nice.. guess we can keep each other updated in the comments 😀
It’s very hard to see anyone other than Aussie athletes for me cos in im Aus so i miss nearly all the Croats unfortunately so appreciate the updates : )
damn it i was like score i found the cro-usa game on nbc feed in canada… least they won;) im just watching it right now
all the guys on the site.. please post when you know of any cro athletes or teams competing
hvala much!
Those rankings mean nothing.
USA never medaled, and Serbia never won a gold.
It won’t happen for either of them in this tournament.
Hrvatska 7 – 5 USA in Water Polo!
Massive result for our boys.
USA ranked 2 in FINA.
Serbia ranked 1 in FINA tied Hungry.
Boys will grow in confidence. Talent is always there!
Yeah. don’t the Olympics deserve a post? Or do we only discuss on this site, diving, whining, tatooed cry babies who play football?
JB – I hear ya man. I need some info on Andrej Gaćina, and I need it quick!!!
When is the Olympic preview post coming?
The turks can have this one as long as we slaughter them on September 5