Review: Dinamo Zagreb - Blue Hell

Thanks. There is no usual pressure on the players, people don't expect to much, usual articles online. It's possible that Dinamo finishes with six defeats.

City has a lot of police:

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Fans of Ajax Amsterdam:

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But I think that won't be any conflicts, no one is ever attacked in Zagreb. I don't remember that Dinamo Zagreb fans attacked in Zagreb. They have a tradition in which they represent middle European hospitality.

If they make violent acts, it's outside of Zagreb.

But there were some conflicts in Amsterdam before, 2009.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wKXHyLPGOuY

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28-IrzlhyX4&feature=player_embedded"]Riots Ajax-Zagreb - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1ya7-MBsE&feature=related"]BBB - amsterdam - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBEj4d-UB8&feature=related"]Amsterdam hooligans - YouTube[/ame]​

On the right side you have videos in earlier matches. One Fan of Dinamo Zagreb had a conflict with the police dog in Amsterdam, dog implemented his teeth. 300 fans of Ajax will be at the stadium in Zagreb.

Ajax player Miralem Sulejmani has a uncle Adnan Dzdani is a great fan of Dinamo Zagreb. Miralem plays for Serbian NT, but he is Gorani people, similar to Albanians.

Joey Didulica (Croatian - Australian) said: "Dinamo has a chance, because these guys aren't in the shape, they receive a lot of goals, they don't have proper attacker, midfield players don't function, defense doesn't have security, to short my words, they don't have a game".

Joey Didulica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Didulica

Some videos: http://sportski.net.hr/nogomet/hnl/page/2011/10/17/0662006.html

Frank de Boer wants one point at least.

Website of Ajax Amsterdam: http://english.ajax.nl/web/show

Coach of Dinamo Zagreb should try with Pedro Morales.

 

To bad that coach of Dinamo didn't saw our thoughts here.

Lineups of Dinamo Zagreb and Ajax Amsterdam:
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000263/match=2007608/index.html

Analyze - whole 90 mnutes:
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsle...match=2007608/postmatch/commentary/index.html

Statistics:
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsle...match=2007608/postmatch/statistics/index.html

Statistics isn't so bad, Dinamo Zagreb had 6 shots on target, but they can't finish these chances. Why can't they score? Inside pressure, lack of confidence, motivation, impression with opponents, they don't watch, they just shoot, bad coach, bad management. Many reasons. Like; it was to cold, it rained, the grass was to green, slippery, the moon shined very strong, we were sleepy. Good old Croatian excuses.

Interesting is that coach of Dinamo thinks that Ajax didn't had to much domination, usual excuses and justifying of their errors. Dinamo needs to find good attacker, because Rukavina couldn't score nothing, Beqiraj is to far from the goal.

Midfield has problems again, Badelj isn't in good shape, Sammir is playing his own games. Defense is ok, Vida, Tonel, Kelava, hey always play on high level.

It's weird how they can't provide the same motivation like against Real Madrid. Lyon and Ajax had lost much worse against Real Madrid.

It would be nice to see some normal coaches in Dinamo Zagreb, not types like Vahid Halilhodzic or Krunoslav Jurcic. But this Vahid was even worse, costs a lot of money and nothing - ignorant. At least Jurcic is much cheaper and he achieved Champions League, what Vahid missed. Vahid came on the stadium to watch this game, he was probably searching his another employment, nobody wants him in bigger leagues.

Conflict between Mamic and Vahid before: title of this video isn't very noble.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3M6wF-7n2E&feature=player_embedded"]Mami?: Molio sam ga - Vaha: Je** mi je majku! - YouTube[/ame]

Videos:
http://sportski.net.hr/nogomet/liga-prvaka/page/2011/10/18/1078006.html

Actual state of football in Dinamo Zagreb:



Next opponents is Ajax Amsterdam, Dinamo Zagreb won twice in Amsterdam.

 

We are coming to the nice jubilee next year - ten years since Real Madrid won their last European title. Probably Florentino Perez doesn't have so much money like other rich teams who can embrace this challenge. It would be interesting to see how they will mark this important and special anniversary. Imagine how they would feel this year, when they lose in the rounds of eight finals or quarter finals. Nice job against Lyon last night. They didn't had to much chances.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xB4dbdNSXY"]John Lennon - Imagine - YouTube[/ame]

 

Act of Ajax Amsterdam fans in Zagreb:

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Everything is possible in dreams, but Reality is something different.

 

To bad for such big defeat against Real Madrid, but Dinamo Zagreb is the first team who has scored against Real Madrid in Champions League.

 

Croatian football league results, standings and highlights:

Results: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cro/nationalleague/results.html

Standings: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cro/nationalleague/standings.html

Highlights: http://max.tportal.hr/channel.aspx?channelId=2805

Inter Zapresic - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0-0

http://max.tportal.hr/Inter--Dinamo-sazetak-16-kolo-Video_9945_0__0.aspx

Inter Zapresic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NK_Inter_Zaprešić

 

Thanks, I hope that you enjoyed reading and watching video clips. It would be more in the future. Take care.

 

Croatian football league results, standings and highlights:

Results: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cro/nationalleague/results.html

Standings: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cro/nationalleague/standings.html

Highlights: http://max.tportal.hr/channel.aspx?channelId=2805

Cibalia - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-2

http://max.tportal.hr/Cibalia--Dinamo-sazetak-17-kolo-Video_9975_0__0.aspx

Goal Scorers:

Ivan Koledic (30')
Dino Kresinger (87')
Mateo Kovacic (54')
Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez (75')

HNK Cibalia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNK_Cibalia

After this round there is winter break in Croatian national league, but tomorrow Dinamo Zagreb plays in Champions League against Lyon in Zagreb.

Only goals and a favour can send Lyon through

Group stage (Group D) - 07/12/2011 - 20:45CET (20:45 local time) - Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb

Olympique Lyonnais have been regulars in the knockout rounds but they will miss out this time unless they score heavily at GNK Dinamo Zagreb on matchday six and AFC Ajax lose.



Their failure to beat AFC Ajax two weeks ago has left Olympique Lyonnais staring at elimination from the UEFA Champions League before the knockout rounds for the first time since 2002/03. Even if Ajax lose at home to Real Madrid CF, the French side have still to turn round a considerable goal differential as they travel to GNK Dinamo Zagreb.

• Lyon have five points, three fewer than Ajax, with whom they played out two goalless draws. The French side's goal difference is -4 compared to their Dutch rivals' +3, however, and if Ajax avoid defeat against Madrid — who have won all five games so far — Lyon will be eliminated regardless of their result in Zagreb.

• Dinamo, who know their fate is to finish at the foot of the section, are still looking for their first points of the campaign. Although they felt the full force of Madrid's attacking weapons on matchday five, going down 6-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu, they did have the consolation of their first goals of the campaign as Fatos Beqiraj and Ivan Tomečak scored late on after the visitors had slipped six goals behind.

• In the reverse fixture between these teams, first-half goals from Bafétimbi Gomis – an exquisite chip – and Bakary Koné earned Rémi Garde a first group stage victory as Lyon coach.

• Dinamo had also experienced defeat on matchday one, their first UEFA Champions League group game since 1999, when Madrid won 1-0 at the Stadion Maksimir. After losing to Lyon, the Zagreb club's run of defeats continued on matchdays three and four as Ajax won 2-0 in Croatia and then 4-0 at home.

• The French side began with a goalless draw away to Ajax and then won at Dinamo but the wheels came off their campaign when they lost twice to Madrid, 4-0 in Spain and 2-0 at Stade de Gerland.

Match background

• The first game between the teams was Lyon's first taste of Croatian opposition.

• Dinamo have lost their last two games at home to French teams in European contests, a 2006/07 UEFA Cup first round tie against AJ Auxerre and a group stage game against Olympique de Marseille in September 1999, when they were last in the UEFA Champions League. Both finished 2-1 in favour of the away team. Dinamo have lost three of their five home games against Ligue 1 opposition with victory in the other two matches, and have not beaten a French side home or away in seven attempts, since that Auxerre success.

Team ties

• Dejan Lovren came through Dinamo's youth system before joining Lyon in January 2010.

• Dinamo coach Krunoslav Jurčić was an unused substitute as Croatia beat Germany 3-0 at Stade de Gerland in the 1998 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. He made three starting appearances in the tournament in which Croatia finished third.

• Jerko Leko scored at the stadium on 12 April 2009 as AS Monaco FC drew 2-2 with Lyon in Ligue 1.

• Leandro Cufré was at Monaco between summer 2006 and January 2009, losing three of four games against Lyon including both of his side's home fixtures.

• Nikola Pokrivač spent 18 months at Monaco between January 2008 and summer 2009, losing both home games against Lyon. His sole visit to Stade de Gerland was that 2-2 draw in April 2009, when he was a late substitute.

• Lovren played for Croatia alongside Josip Šimunić and Domagoj Vida against France on 29 March 2011 in a Paris friendly international that ended goalless. On the opposite side were Hugo Lloris, Anthony Réveillère and Yoann Gourcuff.

Standings: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/standings/round=2000263/group=2001388/index.html