“Armando León Reséndez heads home to give Osijek a surprise 0-1 lead, assisted by Admir Ljatifi.”
Pivotal“Samuele Vignato restores parity for Rijeka just six minutes after falling behind, finished off an assist from Daniel Adu-Adjei.”
Pivotal“Daniel Adu-Adjei turns the game on its head, converting a Toni Fruk assist to put Rijeka 2-1 ahead.”
Pivotal“Adu-Adjei nets his second of the game, again teed up by Toni Fruk, to send Rijeka in at halftime with a commanding 3-1 lead.”
Pivotal“Toni Fruk caps off a dominant display by getting on the scoresheet himself, finishing a Samuele Vignato assist to make it 4-1.”
Rijeka
Osijek
Outstanding performance
Rijeka•MidfielderOsijek stunned the hosts with an early Armando León header, but Rijeka responded in emphatic fashion, ripping through the visitors' defense with 24 shots to Osijek's 9 and a staggering 94 dangerous attacks. Samuele Vignato leveled things up before Daniel Adu-Adjei struck twice in six minutes either side of the half-hour mark, and Toni Fruk added the exclamation point after the break with a goal and two assists in the build-up play. Osijek's goalkeeper made 11 saves to keep the scoreline from ballooning further, a stat that underlines just how one-sided the second half of the first period became. For Rijeka, sitting mid-table, this is the kind of statement win that builds momentum; for Osijek, it's a reminder that their early promise can evaporate quickly against a team firing on all cylinders.
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Admir Ljatifi takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Amer Gojak takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Alfonso Barco comes on for Tiago Dantas.
Goran Grulovic is on, and Ivan Cubelic is off.
Admir Ljatifi takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Tiago Dantas takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
On comes Mohammad Mohebi, off goes Daniel Adu Adjei.
Ante Matej Juric is on, and Toni Fruk is off.
Amer Gojak takes a right-footed shot that hits the post.
Corner awarded.
Toni Fruk takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Shot by Amer Gojak with his right foot is blocked.
Amer Gojak comes on for Samuele Vignato.
Izak Jezic takes a shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Domagoj Bukvic takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Shot by Ivan Cubelic with his right foot is saved.
Substitution: Ivan Baric comes on for Ivan Dolcek.
Domagoj Bukvic takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Toni FrukToni Fruk takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
Daniel Adu Adjei takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
assist: Samuele Vignato
Goal! Toni Fruk scores, making it 4-1, assisted by Samuele Vignato.
Jona Jezic comes on for Ivano Kolarik.
Toni Fruk takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Simun Mikolcic takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Anel Husic's header is saved.
Corner awarded.
Daniel Adu Adjei takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Substitution: Simun Mikolcic comes off for Jona Jezic.
David Kalem is on, and Marcel Heister is off.
Luka Posavec comes on for Senad Mustafic.
The first half ends with a score of 3-1.
Domagoj BukvicYellow CardDomagoj Bukvic receives a yellow card.
Shot from Daniel Adu Adjei with his right foot finds the back of the net.
assist: Toni Fruk
Goal! Daniel Adu Adjei scores to make it 3-1, assisted by Toni Fruk.
Toni Fruk takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Samuele Vignato takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Shot by Daniel Adu Adjei with his right foot results in a goal.
assist: Toni Fruk
Goal! Daniel Adu Adjei scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Toni Fruk.
Corner awarded.
Luka Jelenic takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Toni Fruk takes a header shot but misses.
Ivan Cubelic takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Tiago Dantas takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Samuele VignatoSamuele Vignato scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Daniel Adu-Adjei
Goal! Samuele Vignato scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Daniel Adu Adjei.
Toni Fruk takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Armando LeónShot - Armando Leon Resendez Head Shot Goal
assist: Admir Ljatifi
Goal! Armando Leon Resendez scores to make it 0-1, assisted by Admir Ljatifi.
Yellow card shown to Jona Jezic.
Shot by Ivan Dolcek with his left foot is saved.
Daniel Adu Adjei takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Samuele Vignato takes a shot with his right foot, but it is saved.
Kick-off! The referee is Mateo Erceg.
