From: Dario Beksic
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Croatian Soccer League
Summary: Scores & Table after 6 Rounds
Date: 3 Oct 92 23:11:46 GMT
Originator: beksic@red14


	Hello, everyone!

	I haven't forgotten my promise to Karel to compile and post
the table of the Croatian League, I just couldn't get to it earlier,
trying to get back into the regular working rhytm after a short and
quite interesting vacation in Zagreb.

	First, I'm taking a liberty of reminding you of the scores
of the last two rounds played. Voila:

Round 5
Radnik        0-1 Segesta
Osijek        1-2 Istra
Hajduk        2-1 Zagreb
Dubrovnik     0-2 Belisce
Rijeka        2-0 Zadar
Varteks       1-0 Sibenik
HASK          0-0 Cibalia
Pazinka       0-0 INKER

Round 6
Segesta       1-3 INKER
Cibalia       1-0 Pazinka
Sibenik       1-2 HASK
Zadar         2-1 Varteks
Belisce       1-1 Rijeka
Zagreb        0-2 Dubrovnik  
Istra         2-0 Hajduk    
Radnik        3-1 Osijek

	I saw the biggest game so far: the clash between the hitherto
perfect Hajduk and Zagreb in Split, in the fifth round. Frankly, it
was far from true greatness as all of our quality players are abroad,
nevertheless it was very interesting and both teams showed some good
stuff and a lot of enthusiasm and eagerness. Hajduk opened with its
trade-mark all-out pressure, but Zagreb settled down nicely after
half an hour and took over the game. The fireworks started at the end
of the first half when the attrocious referee failed to call a pushoff
by the Zagreb's striker and allowed the play to continue into the area
where, according to him a foul occurred, hence a penalty kick for
Zagreb. However, Vukic was only able to hit the post. Zagreb came back
right after halftime, a nice combination resulted in a precise Zupetic
shot past the goalie Slavica, so Zagreb went ahead, much to the dismay
of the gathered crowd, and mosat certainly myself. Then Hajduk really
went all out and reached the equaliser by the midpoint of the second
half - a corner kick by Racunica and a terrific slam-dunk header by
Stipe Andrijasevic, a recoveree from a horrible car crash two years ago.
Hajduk's pressure and chances continued, Mornar blew a couple of nice
chances; Zagreb countered smartly with fast breaks. One of those ended
with an obvious foul deep in the area, but Zagreb wasn't awarded the
justice this time. And then, with just a few minutes left, the last
year's league top scorer Ardijan Kozniku finally lost his guards and
stroke quickly and decisively for the final 2-1. A pretty good game
after all, too bad for the lousy officiating...

	I was on the plane during the sixth round, as I saw thanks to
Karel, the two best teams were both upset. Hajduk lost to a surprisingly
good Istra from Pula, and Zagreb got embarrassed at home vs. Dubrovnik,
this second score really amazes me. The resulting table follows:

1. to 3	:	Hajduk, HASH-Gradjanski, Rijeka		10 points
4.	:	Istra					 9 points
5.and 6 :	Zagreb, Inker				 8 points
7.	:	Radnik					 7 points
8. to 10:	Zadar, Cibalia, Varteks			 6 points
11.to 13:	Osijek, Segesta, Dubrovnik		 4 points
14.	:	Belisce					 3 points
15.	:	Pazinka					 1 point
16.	: 	Sibenik					 0 points 

	So much for now, I hope we can keep these postings going with
reasonable regularity. Enjoy the game!

	Cheers!
						Dario

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