HNL Report Week 13

 Results for October 26 – 28, 2012

 

 

 

CIBALIA VINKOVCI 0-1 DINAMO ZAGREB

 

 

Photo: Vlado Kos/Cropix

 

 

Dinamo Zagreb returned to domestic play on Saturday after losing their third straight Champions League match on Wednesday, 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain. Dinamo appeared to have a bit of a hangover against a weak Cibalia team in Vinkovci. The game was scoreless at halftime before substitute Ivan Krstanović netted in the 76′ to give the Modri a 1-0 win and a 9-point gap on second place in the Prva Liga. With little contention in the HNL as Osijek and Slaven Belupo keep dropping silly points, it looks as if Dinamo are headed towards yet another Croatian title. 

 

 

CIBALIA: Matković, Župarić, Mazalović, Mitrović, Terzić (od 56′ Koledić), Čulić, Matoš, Rugašević, Vitaić, Pavličić (od 59′ Tokić), Filipović.

DINAMO: Kelava, Ibanez, Vida, Šimunić, Pivarić, Brozović, Calello, Carrasco (od 72′ Peko), Kovačić, Alispahić (od 82′ Puljić), Beqiraj (od 72′ Krstanović).

 

 

 

 

NK ZADAR 2-4 NK RIJEKA

Photo: Jure Mišković/CROPIX 

 

 

It was all NK Rijeka Saturday night vs. NK Zadar at Stadion Stanovi, as the Dalmatinci were crushed 4-2 in their own park. Danijel Cesarec got the party started for Rijeka with a goal in just the fifth minute of play, which would be the only score of the first half. Rijeka plugged away after the restart to cap off four unanswered goals against Zadar. Leon Benko netted in the 66′, Damir Kreilach converted a penalty in the 75′ and Antonini Čulina scored in the 80′ to give Rijeka a 4-0 lead. However, Zadar would not be shutout as Igor Banović and Jure Jerbić would each score in the last 10 minutes to cut the Rijeka win in half, making it 4-2. Rijeka are slowly gaining ground in the HNL and now find themselves in the top half of the table with 21 points through 13 games. Zadar are in last place and are seven points from safety. 

 

 

 

LOKOMOTIVA 2-3 NK INTER ZAPREŠIĆ

 

Photo: Ronald Goršić/CROPIX

Everything was looking swell for Lokomotiva Friday night at Maksimir. Tomislav Barbarić and 21 year-old Dinamo Zagreb loanee Andrej Kramarić scored inside 10 minutes to put the home side up 2-0. But a stingy Inter side, who had only earned 11 points from their first 12 matches would not surrender. Mislav Oršić cut the deficit in half 18 minutes through the first half as the two sides would go into halftime with the game at 2-1 in Lokomotiva’s favor. Midway through the second half, Inter’s Mirko Kramarić would bag two goals within 11 minutes to earn his side a valuable 3-2 win on the road. Lokomotiva will be kicking themselves after the match, as a win would have put them in the top-3 on the Prva Liga table. Inter are slowly pulling themselves away from the relegation zone with the three points.

NK ZAGREB 2-1 NK OSIJEK

 

 

 

It was supposed to be a walk in the park for NK Osijek Friday night in Zagreb, as they took on the HNL’s last place team, NK Zagreb. Osijek opened up their account at Stadion Kranjčevićeva with a 33′ Zoran Kvržić goal which would give them a 1-0 lead going into the break. With Osijek looking to grab all three points on the road and put some pressure on first place Dinamo Zagreb, everything fell apart in the second half. Zagreb’s Ante Mitrović equalized in the 58th minute and 32 year-old midfielder Hrvoje Štrok put away the winner in the 74′. The 2-1 win pulls NK Zagreb out of the cellar and keeps Osijek 11 points behind Dinamo Zagreb.

 

 

 

NK ISTRA 1961 0-0 SLAVEN BELUPO

 

It was a snooze-fest at Aldo Drosina Stadion in Pula as NK Istra 1961 played out a scoreless draw with Slaven Belupo Friday night. Istra picked up two cautions in the first half and Slaven had one of their own in injury time. With the draw, Istra remain in eighth place, five points from relegation while Slaven Belupo miss a golden chance to keep pace with Dinamo Zagreb, who are now nine points ahead of second place Slaven Belupo.

RNK SPLIT 0-1 HAJDUK SPLIT

 

 

 

 

 

Hajduk Split showed Rnk Split who runs the city of Split after registering a 1-0 win in front of 4,000 fans at Stadion Park mladeži. The Bili swept the Crveni with 1-0 wins and moved up to a three-way tie for third place with Osijek and Rijeka on the HNL table.

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina international, Avdija Vršajević, scored the lone goal in the 61st minute of play to decide the result. Ironically, Torcida are celebrating their 62nd anniversary and lit a few flairs right before the goal. Coincidence or fix? Franko Andrijašević found Vršajević with a beautiful through ball that beat the offside trap and Avdija didn’t disappoint from close range. Rnk Split tried to get back in the game in the final half hour, but failed to capitalize on two breakaways. Hajduk take the derby and three points in a fight for one of the Europa League spots.

 Hajduk-Split highlights