The Big Four in action, Pampas derby; here’s where to watch HNL action

Today’s HNL will be important, with three matches to be played, we will see the so-called “big four” from all clubs and the first real derby of the season awaits us at the Opus Arena.

Lokomotiv-HAJDUK (18.30, MAXSport1, MAXtv)

After a 2-1 win over Slaven Belup in the first round and a goalless draw with Ružamberok in the first match of the third qualifying round of the divisional league, the Whites will travel to Zagreb. The biggest news is of course the dismissal of Ivan Perišić for disciplinary reasons. You can read more about this here here.

Gennaro Gattuso The competition announcement is as follows:

I said, we did our best in the game. We saw how Hajduk played in Europe in recent years. We analysed the game carefully. It was not an easy game, either in the Faroe Islands or in Slovakia. It was not there. There were a lot of good moments, the last 25 metres need to be improved. We had 10 shots, we were close but in the end we needed to improve the quality. The roster was last year, we were compact and we needed to improve the quality. ”

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“Those who deserve to play will play. I will never talk about changes in our composition. And Lokomotiv attack vertically, they have a 4-2-3-1 system. They are dangerous on the counter-attack and when we saw their first game we saw a lot of details that we have to improve. We have to play a big game to beat them. If you think we will impose our tempo easily, you are very wrong, this is a dangerous team. We have to keep our heart on the pitch, we will not look for alibis. The fact is that we arrived in Slovakia at 1:30 in the morning on the day of the match. It is also true that the pitch in Kranjcevicieva is bad and the dressing room is small, but we will not pay attention to this…”

Osijek – Dinamo (9 p.m., MAXSport1, MAXtv)

The first real derby of the season awaits us at the Opus Arena. Dinamo reach the final with a convincing 5:0 win over Istria 1961 at the start of the championship season, while Osijek will try to wash away the bitter taste of their defeat to new First League team Šibenik (1:2).

The timing of the meeting with Dinamo was not the best, as we are still in the process of transformation and evolution of the team,” said the Osijek coach. Federico Copitelli And continue:

“Do I have enough players? Judge for yourself. It’s not for me to talk about. My job is to make the best use of the ones I have.”

on the other hand, Sergey Yakirovich Get ready for a tough match:

“We are facing a team with a lot of talent and potential, who are getting younger and who have taken a different path in bringing in players who have quality and want to prove themselves. Of course, we have an additional motivation because the Opus Arena is always hot and tense until the end,” he said.

Varadin – Rijeka (21.00 MAXSport2, MAXtv)

Rijeka opened the new domestic championship season with a convincing 4-0 win over Lokomotiv, and Zeljko Sopić was in a noticeably better mood before the game:

“First of all, Varaždin will be a tough game because it is the heart of the season, so we have a difficult road ahead of us. We will train, after which we will go to Varaždin and only God knows how long it will take us to get there. We don’t have any injuries, all the players are available, and after training we will see who is in shape and who will be able to play in Varaždin. We will not change too much because we know that these European games are possible through our ranking in SuperSport HNL.