Lovre Nikolac reporting live from Poljud, Hajduk Split faces off against Slaven Belupo in the SuperSport HNL 7th round. The Split side have a chance to take the top spot after losing it shortly after Osijek beat Dinamo Zagreb on Saturday.
Hajduk (4-2-3-1): Silić – Acapandié, Marešić, Raçi, Hrgović – Del Moral, Pajaziti – Bamba, Dalisson, Šotiček – Šego
Slaven Belupo (4-2-3-1): Sentić – Grgić, Božić, Kovačić, Išasegi – Bošnjak, Adeshina – Dabro, Mažar, Mitrović – Nestorovski
1′ The match has started after a minute of silence for Hajduk legend Ivan Gudelj.
6′ Michele Šego with a great look on goal after a Bamba cross from the right-hand side; the Hajduk top goalscorer just misses the ball, and the chance goes begging.
13′ Adrion Pajaziti is cautioned after hitting Leon Bošnjak in the face as he was shielding the ball.
14′ Toni Silić makes a big save to stop Josip Mitrović from inside the box. Hajduk quickly counters and scores; Šego gets on the end of an off-target Šimun Hrgović shot from the left side of the box, but the Hajduk striker was offside. The score remains 0-0.
22′ GOAL HAJDUK! Dalisson de Almeida gives the lead to Hajduk Split! A great cross from Bamba as he finds an unmarked Dali in the middle of the box, who does well to head it down to the bottom left corner. Sentić gets a hand to it, but not enough.
34′ Bamba stole a misplaced pass from Slaven’s goalie, Sentić, and was through with just the goalkeeper to beat, but his first touch was too hard and allowed Sentić to make up for his mistake.
40′ Bamba tries to play through Pajaziti, but his pass is deflected into Marin Šotiček, who had a phenomenal chance; however, his shot ended up getting blocked just enough as the ball went slowly past the target.
Half-time! The score is still 1-0, with the sole goal from Dalisson de Almeida.
46′ Second half has begun, the home crowd is roaring to go.
61′ Attendance: 15064. No highlights for now in the 2nd half. Two substitutions for Hajduk: Fayad comes on instead of Del Moral, and Carlos Martin comes on for Šotiček.
69′ Dalisson floats in a cross back from the byline inside the box, finds Martin all alone 6 meters out, but the Spanish attacker shoots way over the target.
71′ Adam Huram is subbed on for Bamba.
77′ Filip Mažar is SENT OFF! The young Slaven midfielder gets a 2nd yellow for a foul on Huram, and he’s off for an early shower.
80′ Marko Livaja enters the pitch as Michele Šego makes way. Applause from all around the stadium for both, but mainly Livaja.
FULL-TIME! Hajduk Split win 1-0!
This was an awful match to watch, but the main thing is that Hajduk won.
Second half in particular was poor where we only created one chance.
Big test is next weekend when we play Rijeka away.
Na Poljudu…