Dinamo players defeated Rijeka 2-1 (1-1) in the first game of the 12th round of the HNL.
Scorers for Dinamo were Monsef Bakrar (29) and Arber Hoxha (84), while Merveil Ndockyt (58) was successful for Rijeka. The people of Zagreb started the match much more actively, dominated the possession in the first half hour, and such an approach brought them the lead in the 29th minute.
Ljubičić won the ball in front of the guests’ penalty area, he added Bennacer, who played Bakrar very welland the Algerian hit the opposite bottom corner with a precise shot from about 10 meters diagonally from the right side.
⚽️DINAMO – RIJEKA 1:0 – Great assist from Bennacer, reception and goal from Bakrar, but also the incomprehensible relegation of Lasickas. #hnl #sshnl #supersporthnl #dynamo #river pic.twitter.com/MogedNr0eE
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Only after conceding a goal did the people of Rijeka show their attacking ambitions, and they had the only real chance in the first half in the 40th minute when Devetak headed missed the goal after a corner.
In the rest of the match, Rijeka was the better opponent, but managed to score only once. In the 58th minute, Fruk played Oreč on the right wingfollowed by a ground pass at five meters where it was timely ran Ndockyt and overcame Nevistić.
The end of the match was played in an open game on both sides, but both Nevistić on one side and Zlomislić on the other stood out with several timely interventions, so the score was 1-1. until the 84th minute when Hoxha decided the derby with a brilliant tribute.
⚽️DINAMO – RIJEKA 2:1 – Sensational goal by Arber Hoxha for all three points for Dinamo. #hnl #sshnl #supersporthnl #dynamo #river pic.twitter.com/sTeBOS5VuX
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The Dinamo striker accepted the ball on the left wing outside the penalty area, looked up and saw that Zlomislić was a step or two outside the goal line. Therefore The Albanian decided on a shot with a “dry leaf”, which flew over Rijeka’s goalkeeper and stayed in the very top corner, writes HRT.
It’s almost the end of the match Nevistić also stood out who stopped Vignat’s attempt with a phenomenal reaction.
The derby was also marked by very poor refereeing by Pajačthe head referee was especially “celebrated” in the 78th minute when captain Dinamo Mišić first hit Fruko’s legs with a sharp start, then he slapped Lasickas and then Majstorović and for all that he only received a yellow card, while Bakrar, Majstorović and captain Rijeka Zlomislić also received cards of the same color.
With this victory, Dinamo tied with Hajduk at the top of the table, both teams have 25 points each, but the people of Split played less matches, while Rijeka remained seventh with 14 points.
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