Hajduk 2 - 0 gnk_dinamo (382830438)

21300 punters turned up at Poljudska Ljepotica, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Alexander Graafsma was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dmitry Mezhenskiy and Genusis Anziulis. All of Zagreb was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Hajduk had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Villayuste - Lešević, Passchier, Malát - Korvenaro, de Oliveira, Ruaro, Boccadoro, Caelders - Ulloa, Zakharenkov.

gnk_dinamo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Tripković - Gherardi, Pentola, Hintermann - Liedblom, Zellhofer, Kawski, Ionescu, Končar - Stampacchia, Richter.

Today, Hajduk's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. S. Zellhofer received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 9 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. gnk_dinamo had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Hajduk fans held their breath as A. Ulloa scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Hajduk were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 70 minutes played, Hajduk's D. Boccadoro almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. M. Richter made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. Hajduk's G. Passchier was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Hintermann was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so gnk_dinamo's J. Trman had to come off the bench. After 82 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Caelders gave the Hajduk supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. Hajduk's J. Korvenaro got himself booked for a foul. gnk_dinamo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Hajduk's top performer was clearly A. Ulloa. On the other hand, A. de Oliveira's play was disheartening. A. Stampacchia performed admirably for gnk_dinamo. However, J. Trman made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.