The defeat to Lokomotiva has ruled the fate of the now-former coach of Osijek, Dino Skender.
Gol.hr reports that Dino Skender is no longer the coach of NK Osijek! The news was announced by Osijek club president Ivan Meštrović via the club’s YouTube channel on Saturday.
“I, as president, have to make moves that are sometimes popular, sometimes less popular. In my discussion with him, he actually initiated the fact that he would no longer be the coach of the Osijek first team,” said the president of the club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=ZsCgZqwyqjA
“Weird energy started to swirl in and around the club. This year we played 11 games, we outplayed our opponent both statistically and impressively, but unfortunately, the result in the championship does not indicate that,” said Mestrovic.
Osijek has played nine games in the Croatia First League and two in Europe, and has only recorded four wins in those matches. In the second round of the Europa League qualifiers, in the return match, CSKA Sofia went further after a better penalty shootout.
What particularly disturbed Mestrovic is the club’s unfortunate scoring effect in the Croatian championship. Namely, Osijek has 13 points after nine rounds (with five games played at home and four away), with only three victories, the last of which was achieved almost a month ago.
Next week, the name of Skender’s successor will be known, and in the next seven days, Osijek will have two exams – Tuesday, as part of the first round of the Croatian Cup when they will visit Vuteks Sloga in Vukovar, and next Saturday in the Croatian Championship against Slaven Belupo in Koprivnica.
This news comes after another shock in the Croatian First League on Saturday after Dinamo Zagreb lost to Varazdin – a team that has spent most of their time in the last place and was promoted from the Second League this season.
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