Results for March 21-23, 2014
DINAMO ZAGREB 6 – 0 NK ISTRA 1961
Dinamo Zagreb never let off the gas on Saturday and scored six against visiting NK Istra 1961.
Duje Čop scored twice in the first half, while Junior Fernandez scored one of his own in between Čop’s two tallies.
El Arbi Hillel Soudani scored two goals in quick succession in the second half, scoring one in the 50th minute and again in the 52nd minute.
But Dinamo didn’t stop there. Modri newcomer Alexandre Henrique Silva Cleyton scored his first goal in a Dinamo jersey to finish the match with a six-goal victory.
NK OSIJEK 1 – 1 HNK HAJDUK SPLIT
Hajduk Split traveled to Osijek to face NK Osijek at Gradanski Vrt on Sunday expecting to gain three easy points, but ended up settling for a draw against the struggling club.
After a scoreless first half, Osijek came back on the field and stunned the visiting team with the match’s first goal.
Hajduk was unable to score while Osijek shut them down with their 10-men defense.
In a final desperate attempt to avoid defeat, Hajduk was able to score when Antonio Milić scored in the 95th minute.
A shocking result for the Bili allowed Dinamo to climb further up the table, and have a 10-point lead for the first time of the season.
In a time where corruption and mismanaged clubs plague the league, many supporters groups across Croatia have come together and voiced their discontent to those who are in charge. Most famously, this happened when the BBB and Torcida came together at Maksimir after Zdravko Mamić and the HNS tried to keep visiting fans out of Maksimir.
But at Gradanski Vrt, NK Osijek supporters spent the majority of the time hurling insults toward their chanting counterparts.
For nearly 90 minutes, the Kohorts shouted at Torcida, un welcoming them to their city. Torcida responded with a pyrotechnic show that stopped the match for several minutes, which was added on at the end, helping Hajduk secure a draw in the match.
HNK RIJEKA 3 – 2 NK LOKOMOTIVA
Rijeka’s Anas Sharbini put a blistering shot into the net in the 19th minute to put Rijeka in the lead after Ivan Tomečak used his unmatched speed to take the ball from one penalty box to the other.
Tomečak hit a shot that beat the keeper, but struck the post only to roll right to a trailing Sharbini who hammered home the rebound.
But Rijeka’s lead was interrupted but two quick goals from Ante Budimir. Budimir scored in the 35th and 37th minutes to give the Lokosi their first lead since March 2.
But Andrej Kramarić scored his 15th goal of the season to tie the match. The goal now makes Kramarić tied with former teammates Leon Benko and Duje Čop for lead leader in goals.
Josip Brezović scored the game winner in the 80th minute to secure a win for Rijeka, leaving them one point behind Hajduk.
RNK SPLIT 2 – 1 NK HRVATSKI DRAGOVOLJAC
NK ZADAR 2 – 1 NK SLAVEN BELUPO
didn’t rebic play for kovac in the youths? kovac will know if he can help us and how…
I believe Rebic is injured at the moment i read that on google news when i typed his name. Who knows what lineup play i think it varies on the opponent and NKs tactics.
I would take a risk and throw Rebic in over Perisic.
@Chupe
Bleacher report has been investing in their writers and it shows. That website used to be a laughing stock, now they have some very, very good writeups.
That was a good one that laid out our issues with our holding midfielder and wings. We’re just going to have to take a chance this summer and hope someone unproven impresses us (ie. Rebic, Radosevic) or accept the weakness and hope for the best (ie. Perisic, Vukojevic).
he was chosen to shoot 5th with the score tied and all the pressure on him. He calmly slotted home, and betis missed the last kick.
Rakitic scored a PK in a penalty shootout vs Betis in a Uefa Cup game just now.
Actually scratch that… I really enjoyed his season at Arsenal. Other than his PK miss in the UEFA cup final.
Well named Ziva!
I feel like nothing Suker has done since ’98 is worth remembering…
He’ll always have that Golden Boot though.
Safe to say the Puppet Suker nickname fit and will stay.
Where’s that banner of Suker blowing Mamic when you need it…
http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/predsjednik-u-ofenzivi–suker–priprijetio–jovanovicu—-tuzit-cemo-ministarstvo—/1175495/
Read the line at the very end by Puppet Suker…………….
The quote………… Daj Bože da ima više Mamića u hrvatskom nogometu.
That says it all.
Oh, true in that regard. That method has helped hajduk with their new leadership.
The problem will still be with politicians, just like hajduk. Since they city is actually owned by the team you will always have crooked politicians who will get inside and poison everything.
Still, this is a good first step for dinamo.
Anything that gets rid of mamic is a good thing at the end of the day.
Ziva,
They do unless it’s a clear jedan clan jedan glas atmosphere. That breeds things that Croatia is not used to: legality, transparency, no conflict of interest, etc. I think what you’re missing, Ziva, is the fact that the way the club itself is run will change…and the people. Less room for illegal nonsense with a jedan clan jedan glas model.
We should sell our clubs to STRANCI because CROATS ARE DUMB TO WORK FOR THEMSELVES I MI SMO OVCE OD NARODA I NEKA PRODAJU SVE SPOSOBNIM LJUDIMA! Neka drugi vlada kd vec sve prodavamo.
Its sad but True.
Simic is a class act.
The others in that group have no knowledge of how to run a business. If Simic is in charge and doesn’t have to deal with sranje, then it is a good move. The other guys are idots who happen to have money because they played soccer. I’ve been told that Biscan cant read about a 6th or 7th grade level.
Egos will get in the way. Remember when Boksic, Strucnjak Stimac, Bilic and Asanovic invested their money into jadan i mali hajduk. That fell apart fast because of a falling out with Strucnjak Stimac.
For any group to be usccessful, you need one clear voice and leader. Simic can be that. The others cant.
Last thing………this is what i will say about former players in Cro. They get involved in the game after retirement in Cro because they can make money with transfers (some illegal) and pay-to-play schemes with younger talent.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1999474-tighes-2014-world-cup-tactics-board-analysing-niko-kovacs-croatia#articles/1999474-tighes-2014-world-cup-tactics-board-analysing-niko-kovacs-croatia
Never got the appeal of the NCAA basketball tournaments. I’ve spent a lot of spring breaks in the States and you Yanks go absolutely nuts for that shit! It does seem great for betting on though. I’m sure if one of those schools were my alma mater i’d feel differently.
Here we go:
I think it would be a good idea for some us to do some investigating behind the group who would like to take over Dinamo. Especially business ventures. What do you guys think?
Dario Simic-owns Aquaviva and History Bar in ZG. By all accounts everything is legit. Out of all the guys, to me he looks like the best to take over after/if Mamic leaves. He was always with the BBB and ZZD. he also believes in the jedan clan-jedan glas socios model.
Friends in N. America, it is that tme of year again when all adult males resemble the male population of Dalmacija and refuse to do any work. No, we are not lazy like a dalmatian cousins. Instead, we watch March Madness.
Plenty to bet on.
Anyone know if any of the schools this weekend have any hrvati playing for them? I know Boise St. has an Aussie-Hrvat.
@ ivice
Dude, my thoughts exactly. Crazy to think he’s still young (22) but he has been playing in the HNL for 5-6 years already. He’s been great so far this year. Rijeka are all but locked in for another season in Europe. Last year was magical but it would be great to see Rijeka make it to groups again (or at least make a decent run into the last qualifying rounds) and see how Andrej stacks up against solid European competition. Hopefully he kicks ass next year and moves to a Bundesliga/EPL/La Liga club.
Mandzo is Mandzo and we know what to expect from him in the coming years, but with guys like Jelavic, Olic, Dudu – none of those guys are the long term answer up front. We need guys like Kramaric, Rebic and Perica to step up in the next year or so and start contributing to the NT.
Sifo has been solid in 5 big games 2 turkey games and 3 euro games. As for lovren where do i start with his mistakes just go with sifo carli cbs carli plays better with sifo they were great at 2012.
@Bobby
Schifo is awesome. He’s our one defender that know when to foul. You’ll never see him draw a red card or penalty. He’s grown a lot since his Dinamo days.
I haven’t watched Kramaric at all (so I can’t comment on how good of a player he is) but his numbers are insane even for Cro league.
His scoring totals and efficiency are better than Benko’s, and most people (including myself) were very impressed with Benko’s rate.
Nice to know we have a 22 year old that can score some goals. Hopefully he puts in another development year at Rijeka and then go to a team in the Bundesliga.
Lazio and Genoa both interested in Gordon Shildenfeld. Too bad our national team coaches aren’t. He’s the one defender who never makes me nervous and is the most steady.
I mean why not on kramaric we only have 1 good cf thats mandzo olics tank is almost on empty regardless of his 2 goals v swiss. Eduardo wish that je still has it but this isnt 2006 its 2014 hes almost done. Jelavic i never was on his banwagon terrible finishervand technical ability. Rebic doesn’t. play unfortunately Livaja is a drogaros perica is young too bad we lostvdrmic could have used him.
I need a full season of Kramaric at Rijeka before bringing him into the NT conversation. If he’s scoring at this pace next season, he would deserve the 4th striker spot on the NT. Hopefully he continues his pace and moves to a decent team in Europe.
I said id call kramaric for croatia he has alway been good player to me whe he was in Dinmo Loksi and now but him and his father arent mamic men ust like males tomecak benko and others.
Croatian Cup draw from today at Kantrida
Rijeka 2 – Istra 1
Kramaric with a brace to win it.
I think one of the more entertaining games of the year could be a cup final, Dinamo v. Rijeka
I disagree.
More info on the Dinamo elections.
http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/prosinecki—ja-sam-za-demokratske-izbore-u-dinamu–sokota—u-cijeloj-prici-ima-istine–/1175008/
From this article it doesn’t appear Maric, Biscan, Sokota, Simic want any type of role within the club. It looks very promising as they are just looking to add a face to the campaign to bring elections to the club and a new board. Hopefully, that is the case because as I have mentioned before someone like Biscan should never be allowed to run a soccer club.
it has nothing to do with Croatian law.
The people against Suspension Joey in Cro, did a great job of painting a discriminatory picture of his remarks. Nobody in authority stood up for Suspension Joey and the rest is history.
Imagine this taking place in the US. The NFL wants to hold a Super Bowl in a state. But the state where they want to hold a Super Bowl passes a law where they wont celebrate MLK day. Nothing illegel in what they did, just a bad public image problem. So, the NFL decides to remove the Super Bowl from that state. Well…..that is not an example, it actually did happen to the state of Arizona for the 1993 Super Bowl that was originally scheduled for Arizona.
FIFA doesn’t want to deal with an image problem of allowing a player who used a questionable, discriminatory phrase (note: not to me and others who live the “za dom….spremni” lifestyle, but questionable to some in positions of power). And there you have it.
People within Cro are the reason Suspension Joey got his suspension and nobody in a position of power in Cro did anything for him. The savez sure didn’t. So, if you are FIFA, and you see his own savez wont defend him, there is nothing for FIFA to rule on.
And that FIFA law doesn’t recognize Croatian law.
No shock.
The bigger shock would be if there was anyone who actually thought it would be wiped out. Just goes to show you that selfish acts have a price.
Speaking of Suspension Simunic,his appeal on his suspension/ban was rejected by FIFA today.
Is there a petition we could start to show our opposition to Second Choice Sertich being included on the World Cup roster?
I mean, that petition has to have more impact than lets say that petition that was started for Suspension Joey.
@ jm : Sertic don’t believe now to play for Cro for the wc, because there is still a document missing from the fifa:
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Sertic-n-y-croit-plus-vraiment/446927
Even if Mamic were to leave, he would still have influence. Remember, he and his son run a management agency and they have a lot of these Dinamo kids under their management.
Mamic the albanian serb is leaving finally, hopefully its true. Too bad its years too late http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/zdravko-mamic-odlazim-iz-dinama-necu-biti-taoc-navijaca-358071
Lets say with no injuries, God forbid, knock on wood. What would be out starting 11 against Brazil? What formation would we use and which player in each position? Anyone?
Boban is educated. That is the reason he will want nothing to do with any of these clowns.
I caution everyone to be skeptical of most former players when they come back looking front office positions. Usually they are in it to profit from player transfers.
Again…..Simic is a class act. The others are clowns.
Boban would never get involved in ownership of Dinamo. Boban is an intellectual, he is hungry for knowledge. He doesn’t give a shit about the HNL or Dinamo. He is a different sort of soccer player, different mentality. He is too smart to get involved with Dinamo. If he would get into soccer in any capacity, he should work in the front office of AC Milan, just how Mijatovic works for the front office of Madrid.
by the way, its bs that sertic has cro citizenship and isn’t allowed to play for them
i still would like to sertic on the team. that being sad, it still saddens me that it seems the savez puts good effort into getting sertic on the squad, but so little on drmic . in a previous article suker said , “mi smo ratovali za rakitica sa svicarcima!” and now they just let dermic go. i hope this isn’t the policy forward for the repka where they are either incompetent or too scared of other savezes to pursue legitimate cro players
Mamic isn’t going anywhere. He says he’s going to quit 2/3 times a week for the past several years.
@ Ziva,
Dario Simic and Zvone Boban seem like smart dudes (not sure if they ever ended up doing anything education-wise after their playing careers).
Tomo Sokota and Igor Biscan don’t seem too bright. Neither does Prosinecki, but then again Prosinecki seems to have some skill as a coach. There’s talent there.
Silvio Maric should be banned after he let his English wife take pretty much everything he had.
I hope mamic gets kicked out of Dinamo along with all the hercegovska zagrebacka mafija un Dinamo. Same goes for all the clubs in HNL Hajduk needs to clean house aswell. And lets see where it goes i know its a business but Dinamo could have mqde a nice champions/ europa liga run look at the possible Dinamo lineup 2012 and on Kelava Vrsaljko Jedvaj Vida Simunic- Brozovic Badelj Halilovic Kovacic Sammir Cop. Look bqck at the 2006-2008 seasons imagine Koch- Etto Corluka Sifo Cale Vukojevic Pokrivac Mandzukic Modric Bosnijak-Eduardo.Mamic just cares about Mamic selling kids should be banned Mamicu cigane Hajduce neznalice.
Plus, I’m always hesitant when former players with no executive experience – and in many cases no education – get involved.
Take Puppet Suker for example. Look at him. He already failed once as an executive and yet he gets to be the president of the savez. Only in Hrvatska!!!
Why not? The only reason he’s not involved now is because of Mamic and the mafia in Cro soccer.
Boban wont get involved. I just dont see it.
I think it’s the perfect storm for Boban to come in and make a change in Croatian soccer. All criticism of Biscan is deserved based on his actions.
I’d be surprised if Boban would get in on this. I figure commentating for Serie A was the only thing that got him up (and off the the island of Brac) every morning.
Biscan seems like a seljak.
Then again, I’m basing this off of interviews and things he’s done in the past.
Nevertheless, it would be very interesting if they all took over Dinamo.
I met him at Maksimir a couple of years ago. Was really, really cool and easy to talk to.
They would be better than Mamic and any group that includes Dario Simic is good in my eyes. Although, any group with Biscan won’t accomplish shit. Biscan is as dumb as they come.
Anybody read that there is a block of old Dinamo players joining up to take over Dinamo once Mamic leaves?!
They are:
Dario Simic
Tomo Sokota
Silvio Maric
Igor Biscan
Robert Prosinecki….AND POSSIBLY…
Zvone F’ING Boban.
For. The. Win.
When it comes to the NFl, I don’t mind some of these over-the-top celebrations. Why not???? I like it because some of the old school guys get pissed about it. Plus, you get guys on the other team who get more pissed off about the celebration than they do about giving up the TD.
When I have a productive day in the office or even in the fortified basement, I don’t celebrate. But, maybe I should. Why not an endzone type of celebration when reaching a significant milestone or measurement for a client.
I’ve never witnessed a celebration causing a team to lose a game, except when the refs go all out crazy and decide to issue a 15-yd unsportsman like conduct penalty (which is uteer bullshit).
I don’t care if you celebrate or not, just put the ball in the net.
But if you do celebrate, don’t mock sucking your thumb, that is the dumbest celebration I’ve ever seen.
Barry Sanders never used to celebrate when he got in the endzone and he was one of the best RB’s ever to play the game.
I have some outstanding news to pass along, especailly to those of you who celebrate and live a “za dom…..spremni” lifestyle…………….
http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/kovac-ostaje-bez-jokera–za-brazil-sertic-nece-dobiti–dozvolu-da-zaigra-za-hrvatsku-/1174507/
It appears that Second Choice Sertich will not be able to play at the World Cup for Cro. I hope this is indeed the case. I don’t usally applaud FIFA, but in this case they should be applauded even if it is some sort of procedural hold up.
I’ve said it for some time now, Second Choice Sertich is not croatian, never has been croatian and hopefully will never be croatian. Plus, this avoids some possible issues in the locker room. Not all of the players would have been receptive and welcoming to having Second Choice Sertich on the squad.
But, since the savez wanted Second Choice Sertick, I can’t wait to hear from Puppet Suker as to why he wont be able to play for Cro. This is the same Puppet Suker who said he had an “in” when it came to relations between FIFA and Croatia.
Eduardo should be cut
@nepoznat
thanks, I will try that, appreciate it
I actually do understand the not celebrating against a former club thing. Especially if lets say you came up in their academy and the club and supporters did a lot for your career. Its a respect thing. Players move teams but supporters and clubs are forever. I completely understand this. Dont worry about Dudu celebrating against Brazil lol he wont play.
@stupid question get a $30 Google Chromecast and plug it into HDMI on your TV. Cast the stream from http://www.sportska-tv.net (who I also use) from a PC running Google Chrome browser on the same wifi network that you set up the Chromecast on
@ziva
it does get smarter than this tv, all the bells and whistles
@stupid question…….buy a “smarter tv”
friends, check this out……the Brazilan-born Hrvat says he wont celebrate a goal against Brazil. What nonsense is this. I never understood why a person wouldn’t celebrate a goal against a former club team. this makes even less sense to me. The dude plays for lijepa nasa, not Brazil.
http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/dudu-necu-slaviti-zabijem-li-brazilu-a-pjevat-cu-obje-himne-358198
@ Colin, I have a new “smart tv” and unlike my laptop where I can click out of the pop ups it seems these useless ads constantly appear on the tv and freeze the screen. Any advice on how to get around this.
Nah, it’s completely free. Like I said, you have to navigate through a bombardment of popups at first, but once you click out of them, it’s uninterrupted, except for the feeds by Veetle, which will have maybe two or three ads during the match, but it pauses the live game for you so you don’t miss anything, but you will be a few seconds behind “live tv.”
And yeah, from what I heard when talking to the MAXtv guy last season about the MAXtv to go, ze Germans have an army of lawyers that make it difficult to negotiate with.
@Colin
Thanks. Is it a pay for service?
Also, are there any slowdowns with this site?
I ask only because I want an uninterrupted feed where I’m scrambling to get the credit card for MAXtv.
MAXtv still does work for North America. They’re just weird in the sense that they don’t seem to have the rights to stream HNL cup games (only league matches) and they seem to only gain these rights to stream the league matches a good 5 games into the season (MAXtv is owned by T-Mobile Deutschland, so it might be a tough negotiation process with Ze Germans).
Ivica – I don’t think the MaxTV to go is available in the US anymore, so I use this site to watch all the games. http://sportska-tv.net/ 85% of the time, they’re HD streams, all the arenasport feeds. Good stuff. Use it for all sports. I recommend it. It’s not ad-free though. But you just click out of the pop-ups at the beginning and you should be good. The Veetle streams have a few ads during the match, but the Flash streams won’t.
Nepoznat – Sure thing! I’ll make sure to mention him and his performance. I mean, he’s at least 50% of the reason people still watch the HNL.. him and other prospects. Halilovic was left off the roster this weekend.
Anyone know of any good feeds for HNL?
I wouldn’t mind watching the Hajduk-Dinamo game this Saturday.
I don’t mind paying for it, and I’ve used the MAXtv To Go service that was posted on this site before, but the stream quality isn’t that great with MAXtv (especially not for the 35Kn they charge).
I’ll probably pay to watch it on MAXtv again, but wanted to check with you guys if there was any other ad-free site that had a high quality stream for HNL matches.
Hvala Colin! Did Alen play? If so how did he do? Can you include a snippet on his performance each week until he leaves HNL?
Love the old man ringing the bell after Zadar’s second goal.
Can’t wait to retire there (parents own a home on the small island Osljak) and freeze my ass off at these games – after stopping by StanleyBet of course – haha
Six goals. Samo naprid.