February 17, 2020 – The 22nd round of the Croatian First League was held from February 14 to 16, 2020. Dinamo recorded their second defeat of the season, while Hajduk struggled against Slaven Belupo once again.
Lokomotiva v. Istra 1961 (2:0)
Lokomotiva and Istra opened the 22nd round on Friday, February 14, in Zagreb in front of 320 fans.
While the first half went without goals, Lokomotiva’s Uzini scored in the 63rd and 67th minutes for 2:0, which was the final score of the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=9ecPQffFmk8
Lokomotiva is currently in 5th place with 34 points, while Istra is in 9th place with 15.
Inter Zapresic v. Varazdin (1:2)
Inter and Varazdin met in Zapresic on Saturday, February 15, 2020, in front of 2,045 spectators.
Inter was in the lead first thanks to a goal by Serderov in the 19th minute for 1:0 at the half.
Benko equalized for Varazdin in the 60th minute, and Petkovic gave them the lead in the 70th minute for a final score of 1:2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=hstEcgNy7wM
Inter is currently in 8th place with 17 points, while Varazdin is in 10th with 15.
Slaven Belupo v. Hajduk (2:1)
Belupo and Hajduk met on Saturday, February 15, 2020, in Koprivnica in front of 2,912 spectators.
Hajduk was awarded a penalty early the game, which Eduok scored for the lead (0:1). However, a double yellow for Juric in the 37th minute saw Hajduk play with a man down for the rest of the game.
Bacelic-Grgic equalized just before halftime for 1:1.
Krstanovic scored the winning goal of the game in the 88th minute for the Belupo victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=WYAitDMMZSY
Belupo is currently in 7th place with 21 points, while Hajduk is in 2nd with 41.
Osijek v. Dinamo (1:0)
Osijek and Dinamo met at City Garden Stadium on Sunday, February 16, 2020, in front of 6,450 spectators.
The second half made up for the uneventful first half. First, Dinamo’s Dilaver was shown his second yellow of the game in the 67th minute, which forced Dinamo to play with a man down. In the 77th minute, Maric scored for Osijek, which gave them the 1:0 lead.
The chances for Dinamo to equalize were even slimmer once Stojanovic was shown a red card in the 4th minute of injury time, and coach Nenad Bjelica was ejected from the pitch two minutes later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=8APwRZ4psg8
Osijek is currently in 3rd place with 38 points, while Dinamo remains in 1st with 53.
Gorica v. Rijeka (0:0)
Gorica and Rijeka closed out the 22nd round on Sunday, February 16, 2020, in Velika Gorica.
Neither team was able to score throughout the game, which ended 0:0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=K8r5Kow8GvY
Gorica is currently in 6th place with 31 points, while Rijeka is in 4th with 38.
You can see the full HNL table here.
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