September 2, 2019 – The 7th round of the Croatian First League was held from August 30 to September 1, 2019, and featured the highly anticipated ‘Eternal Derby’ between Hajduk and Dinamo.
Lokomotiva v. Slaven Belupo (6:1)
Lokomotiva and Belupo opened the 7th round of the Croatian First League at Kranjčevićeva Street stadium in Zagreb in front of 732 fans.
Lokomotiva opened the game with two goals in the first half by Tolic and Kastrati for 2:0. Though the home team’s scoring spree was far from over. Cokaj increased Lokomotiva’s lead in the 46th minute for 3:0, followed by another goal by Kastrati in the 50th for 4:0. Fortunately, Belupo was able to get one goal in the 56th minute (penalty), which made the game 4:1. Drozdek, however, increased Lokomotiva’s lead to 5:1 in the 61st and Petrak scored Lokomotiva’s last of the game in the 80th minute for the final score of 6:1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=t0shmHHRDbU
Lokomotiva is currently in 6th place with 10 points, while Belupo is in 8th with 7.
Hajduk v. Dinamo (1:0)
Hajduk and Dinamo met at Poljud on Saturday, August 31, 2019, in front of 29,359 fans for the first ‘Eternal Derby’ of the season.
While the first half showed Dinamo’s strength, Hajduk was a new team in the second and spectators experience a true derby atmosphere. It wasn’t until the 56th minute when we saw the first and only goal of the game, which came from a stellar Jradi header over the top of Livaković’s head for 1:0 Hajduk. Diamo’s Dilaver was given a red card in the 75th minute, which was followed by the second yellow for Hajduk’s Jradi. Both teams finished the game with 10 men. The derby went without any major incidents, though two of Dinamo’s assistant coaches were also shown red cards in the second half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=OhEUw-eBdW8
Hajduk is currently first on the table with 15 points, while Dinamo is in 2nd with 13.
Istra 1961 v. Osijek (0:0)
Istra and Osijek met on Saturday, August 31, 2019, at Aldo Drosina stadium in Pula in front of 1,956 fans.
The game went without any goals and ended at 0:0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=48YZDN2gWq8
Istra is currently in 7th place with 8 points, while Osijek is in 3rd with 12.
Varaždin v. Gorica (1:3)
Varaždin and Gorica met on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at VK Varteks Stadium.
Gorica’s Lovric was the first to score in the 20th minute for 0:1, though Benko came back to equalize in the 37th minute for 1:1 at the half.
However, Gorica retook the lead thanks to another Lovric goal in the 57th minute, and a hat trick for Lovric increased Gorica’s lead to 1:3, which was the final score of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=_iQON7K9174
Varaždin is currently in the last place with 3 points, while Gorica is in 5th with 11.
Rijeka v. Inter Zaprešić (1:1)
Rijeka and Inter closed out the 7th round on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at Rujevica stadium in front of 3,529 fans.
Inter was awarded a penalty already in the second minute of the game, which put the guests up 0:1. Rijeka equalized in the 31st minute thanks to a goal by Gorgon. Neither team was able to score in the second half, and the game ended 1:1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=x65j8rL5sBk
Rijeka is currently in 4th place with 11 points, while Inter is in 9th place with 3.
You can see the full table here.
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