Results for Sept. 13-16, 2013
HNK HAJDUK SPLIT 2 – 0 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB
The Eternal Derby never ends. Saturday was no exception.
Dinamo traveled to Split to play in what consistently is the biggest and most entertaining match of the season.
Dinamo entered the game with a four-point lead on the league table, and the upper hand in the head-to-head match up, going undefeated against Hajduk in their last 10 matches. Hajduk’s last victory over the Modri was in 2010 during a Croatian Cup match. The last time Hajduk won a league match over Dinamo was in 2009.
Things would finally change for Hajduk during this match. In a sold out Poljud, Hajduk took to the field desperate for points after losing two of their last three games.
Torcida and the BBB were out in full swing, but despite the differences in team and fans, Hajduk unveiled a banner that both sides could agree on.
The banner the team held up before the game read “Za Hrvatski Vukovar” and set a clear message to 30,000 the fans, who came together for that moment.
The moment was short lived, because one kick off commenced, both teams were ready to play.
Dinamo controlled much of the match, playing clinically and trying to out-pass and out/possess their opponents, but Hajduk held strong and gave them little space to work with.
The offensive pressure got the best of Dinamo when Hajduk was awarded a corner kick after an attempt on goal just after the restart of the second half.
The kick was met by 18-year-old Mario Pašalić, who easily tapped it in for the lead. The Germain-born midfielder had Haris Bukva to thank, who made his debut against Dinamo and sent in the corner kick that Pašalić converted for a goal.
With the momentum on their side, Hajduk continued to play aggressively.
It only took 20 minutes for Hajduk to double their lead from another goal from Pašalić from yet another corner kick sent in from Bukva.
That match was suspended for a short time after the goal due to flares thrown on the field.
Dinamo did everything they could to come back, including changing their tactics and formation from a 4-2-3-1 variation to their classic 4-1-4-1, adding Alen Halilović and Sammir in the midfield.
Dinamo also buffed up their defense by adding Ruben Lima to their lineup. Ruben Lima made his debut for Dinamo on Saturday in the very stadium he played in last season. This was his first match after leaving Hajduk to join Dinamo at the end of July.
This change in formation allowed Dinamo to put several attempts on goal, but Hajduk’s goalkeeper, Lovre Kalinić came up big when called upon.
The score remained 2-0, and Hajduk not only handed Dinamo their first loss of the season, but did it in shutout fashion, holding the leagues highest-scoring team to zero goals.
“I am delighted because Pašalić had a great game, just like everyone else,” Hajduk coach, Igor Tudor, said. “Would not it set aside, but would like to praise the whole team. We played a spirited game, and deservedly won. We brought joy to the Dalmatian people and I am very happy about it.”
Hajduk is closing the gap between them and the top, and not sit only one point behind Dinamo, tied for second place with the equally as threatening Rijeka.
NK SLAVEN BELUPO 0 – 1 HNK RIJEKA
It is no secret that Slaven Belupo have been struggling this season, but you would not be able to tell by the way the played against Rijeka on Sunday, despite the close loss.
Rijeka have been a very tough team as of late, sitting in second place, waiting for the chance to take down Dinamo and Hajduk, who have dominated the league for the past 20 years.
Slaven has won only once this season, but were eager to show what they are capable on in front of their own fans.
It was a tough first 15 minutes for Slaven. Goalkeeper, Silvio Rodić had his work cut out for him, and faced several shots, which he turned away, but it was Andre Kramarić who got the best of him early on.
Kramarić made his debut for Rijeka after a falling out with Dinamo. He certainly proved that he is a quality striker and can produce for his team.
Slaven dug deep after the goal by Kramarić, and allowed little opportunity for their opponents while creating chances for themselves.
Enes Novinić had the best chance for the Pharmacists late in the first half when he bolted down the filed on a counter attack and beat Rijeka keeper, Ivan Vargić. Unfortunately for him, he was unable to beat the post, and the ball stayed out of the net.
Time wound down, but the hosts put every bit of effort that had in them to score.
Rijeka would bunker down and show off their impressive defense they have managed to accumulate this season and stopped all attacks from Slaven.
Though the Pharmacists looked dangerous at the end, they were unable to tie it up and fell to Rijeka 1-0.
Slaven are now in last place on the table with five points.
NK HRVATSKI DRAGOVOLJAC 1 – 0 NK OSIJEK
The Volunteers were finally able to secure their first win of the season after nine weeks of play.
Filip Jazvić scored his second goal of the season to put his team ahead in the second half, and that was all that was needed to claim victory over Osijek.
The two teams have been notorious this season for their inability to score goals, so it was no surprise when the first half of the match ended with a scoreless tie.
The match took place at the Volunteer’s proper home of Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić for the first time this season.
The two teams played on a dreadful playing surface that made even the simplest passes and runs very difficult.
It also resulted in several injuries that hindered Osijeks’s plan of attack, leaving them without their young star, Karlo Lulić, among others.
This game will be remembered by more (if remembered at all) for its sloppy play and lack of creativity than anything else, but for a fan of NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, it will be remembered for their first Prva Liga victory in over two years.
The Volunteers advance to eighth place on the table where they sit above Osijek only on goal differential.
The Volunteers will enjoy the win for a week, then face Lokomotiva next week at Maksimir.
NK ISTRA 1961 0 – 1 NK ZADAR
Zadar traveled to Istra on Saturday, which has proved to be a tough pace to play this season.
Both teams played a harmless and lackluster first half. Neither team was ready to step up and test the other, and seemed content entering halftime with a scoreless draw.
The second half showed little change, with neither team showing creativity or passion.
Zadar finally broke the defensive duel with a shot on target in the 75th minute, but that match surly seemed to be ending in a scoreless draw.
Zadar changed that in the 94th minute Luka Begonja became the hero and scored the winning goal with the clock’s last breath.
The visitors went home with all three points, leaving Istra frustrated with another late-game defeat.
NK LOKOMOTIVA 1 – 1 RNK SPLIT
While their “big brothers” played in Croatia’s top derby over the weekend, the “mini Eternal Derby’ took place against Lokomotiva and Split at Maksimir, as they both fight to keep pace with the league’s top three teams.
Mario Kvesić scored first and put Split in the lead in the 41st minute. Split has gone undefeated in the last three matches, and felt confident going into Maksimir to face a tough Lokomotiva team.
Split has been unable to defeat the Lokosi in their last five meetings, and have never been able to gain a win against them in Zagreb.
Split took their lead into the second half, and tried for another goal, but Lokomotiva would step up and tie the game in the 64th minute with a goal from Mario Šitum.
Both teams went home with a single point. Lokomotiva are in fourth place, while Split sit just under them in 5th.
Gradanski for the both of them. There’s even a picture of Poglavnik next to Gradanski’s grb sitting at the game! Starcevic, Poglavnik, Kvaternik and the Radic boys would all be dinamovci today.
Starcevic and Pavelic both went to uni in Zagreb so they’d have been HASK fans if anything, never Gradjanski/ Dinamo.
More importantly, how about kralj Tomislav? It’s surprising that he hasn’t emailed yet, although he’d definitely be a hajdukovac…
Yeah, I can see it now … Mamic sitting in the svecanoj lozi with Ante and Stjepan, glowing with unbridled approval and enthusiasm at the sight of Sammir nije Damir and El Soudani repping for the Modri.
LOL
Toronto told majstore that the velikani are rolling in their graves because of his stupidity. Easily line of the thread.
Nije bitno, I believe you there are hajdukovci in Lika but I think Dinamo dominates that region
yes iggy i would think doping for a sport like tennis would be mostly used for recovery type purposes… its really a grueling game especially for the men who play the 5 setters and then are what expected to play sometimes the next day?
especially in these hot tournaments like in australia open and such… would be very taxing on a body despite conditioning. i suppose one of the reasons you don’t see many 30+ old players…
with drugs that could change…
but ya looking at nadal… im sure genetically he is a superior being but he looks like he’s on the sauce
*Sob*Sniff*
Wipes solitary tear away from eyes.
@majstore
They must be rolling in their graves how fuckin stupid you are
@nije bitno
No way. In Gospic they are hardcore for Dinamo. Of course they will have support for Hajduk but nothing close for Dinamo.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/6783/torcidagospic.jpg
I can only speak from my experiences as well. The Licani I all know were real hajduci who rooted for Dinamo. Perusic, Gospic, Klanac, Brinje, itd
That’s funny cause my moms side is from Gospic and they have always been hajdukovci. Licani su hajduci brate (historically real hajduci)
If he’s from Gospic and went to Zagreb, definitely plava krv. Plus my family is from Perusic from waaaay back and when I visit they are mostly dinamovci in that area. Saw this when we stopped by:
http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/22385265#
Ante Starcevic (Otac Domovine) 4 Hajduk hahahaha
Ante B, i saw an Ante Starcevic imposter on here. Since Starcevic died before any of the two clubs were formed, who would he root for? Being from Gospic i say Hajduk but he did study in Zagreb so who knows.
I’m inclined to think that they are rolling in their graves at the sight of present day dinamo.
Ziva, completely understand the joke but I don’t think Tito would’ve allowed it
Both would still be present day Dinamovci. Radic was from near Sisak (Dinamo territory) and Pavelic is a Hercegovac from Bradina who moved to Zagreb (again, another reason he’d be a dinamovac). Radic would be like Boban.
Well, Pavelic would initially root for hajduk, but would then face difficult times and turn his back on hajduk and encourage an Italian to buy the club. (some of you won’t get this joke).
Mamic would throw Pavelic a few kune…
and Pavelic would jump on the Dinamo bandwagon.
Sorry, one more thing. I just think it’s amusing that you even bother to mention guys like Radic and Pavelic and try to somehow equate them to supporting present day Dinamo. Like really? If those two were alive today, who do you honestly think they would be more inclined to root for.
Hajduk’s klinci or Dinamo’s El Soudani, Sammir, Pinto & Addy?
I am not going to defend Nadal. All I care about are the Cro athletes and Cilic is a cheat. He should never be allowed to represent Cro. In fact, i would ask him to remove Croatia as the country he plays for. Make him play as a guy from BiH.
So what you are saying ante b is that dinamo is now about 10x worse then what Hajduk ever was? And that’s what you support? Thanks for clearing that up.
As for if Cilic improved.. umm… not noticeably.. he had a great run pre-wimbledon tho where he made the final of Queens and pushed Murray all the way.. im not sure if he was doping to recover from injury or to aid anything, i dont really know how doping works tbh. I know in cycling it’s more about recovery than performance.. not sure about tennis ? ?
haha.. yeah serena could beat the shit outta me that’s for sure
as for the drugs thing, dannyj we’ve talked about this before on this site.. about spain and drug cheating and how the court destroyed all evidence, etc..
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gj_pjqcSlexnqTzFQfoMp5PUoZNA?docId=CNG.1043921d48fbb4cd158eeb5d5c2f773a.c1
my understanding is that, and ziva will come on here and say “OMG how can u accuse spain of anything there’s no evidence!”, but i did say during wimbledon about cilic and drugs pre-“evidence” too, anyway my understanding is that there would have been scored of spanish athletes implicated if the court didnt rule evidence to be mysteriously destroyed. And im not just talking about tennis, soccer too, and certainly cycling..
Cilic isn’t a lone-wolf on this.. this was during the wimbledon day where about 8 ppl withdrew mysteriously and i said at the time it was due to drug testing.. so he ain’t alone.. there is doping going on in tennis and also the tennis federation has a terrible regulatory system where they officially keep things to themselves, and they hand out light bans. Cilic will be back in a few months, dont worry about that.
Of course i’ll never support him like i used to.. how could u ?
SO disappointed in marin.. fucking sucks.. :_(__
@dannyj
If you take what Serena is takin you to will have huge black balls!
im not a huge tennis fan, but really wonder if nadal and other studs are getting tested properly??
im not saying cilic didn’t use anything? put it this way, has his game/results improved in the last year or so? has his serve gotten stronger, is he noticabely faster out there? asking the guys who follow him… Iggy?
id like to get my hands on whatever serena is taking
zivili to that majstore, cant stand that pos club
Don’t know what’s worse, the lame attempt at a joke or how quickly one forgets that Hajduk used to be known as BiHajduk. And if you’re going to swear at least do it right and say tko im jebe mater. It’s still amateur hour on csports
Happy to see hajduk win if only for the fact they actually have more Croats on their team and aren’t made up of mujos, cigani & siptari like those purgerske, kajkavski speaking pederi.
In other words, tko ih jebe mater.
Stjepan had a white Hajduk t-shirt under that nice jacket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu50PIIFvd8
Zajedno protiv Mamic.
any chance you guys can interview Cilic in the future. Not about tennis, but I want to get his advise on doping techniques. A few kids down the street are interested in PEDs, I think Cilic could give some helpful hints.
So this guys isn’t a real Hrvat? (apologies, the stadium was in Kupskoj)
http://www.zajednozadinamo.com/img/galerija/214697182-stjepan%20radi%C4%87%20gra%C4%91anski.jpg
… .no Hajduk won for me and all real Hrvati!
Yet that’s why you were Gradanski’s number one fan when you opened their stadium in Koturaska. Poglavnik followed suit.
….no, Hajduk won for me!
Hajduk! Most popular club in the World! They won a game for me!
Didn’t notice until today that Zadar picked up Mato Neretljak and Josip Tadic on loan from Rijeka.
Kramarić is going far
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cilic-suspended-9-months-doping-163819393–ten.html
I believe he is telling the truth
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/croatia-beats-greece-2-ot-150552280–nba.html
Kramaric looks young to begin with… Dude looks like he’s 7 in the above pic..