Marko Vešović shined - some will say at the wrong moment for Zlatko Kranjčar's career, and Rijeka fans that he could not have chosen a better moment to knock down Zagreb's great rival.
Be that as it may, the Montenegrin representative grew into the hero of the home team's victory at Kantrida. Out of five goals (5:2 victory), he scored two goals, assisted on the third, and participated in the action on the fourth...
Epilogue - Vešović is the man of the match, Rijeka is the leader, and Kranjčar is the former coach of Dinamo since last night.
"All honor to the team and the audience and to all of us who prepared this game. We played excellent football, I think the audience enjoyed it," Vešović said.
He didn't talk much about his party...
"This was one of those days when everything goes your way," added the former Torino, Spezia, Crvena zvezda and Buducnosti footballer.
And indeed, everything went right for Vešović against the "Blues" - with the first goal, which was scored in the 18th second, he participated in the attack, then he assisted Gorgon, and then he shook the net of the Croatian "eternal" champion for 3:0 and 5:2.
"I have no words, matches like this are what you live for. When you score two goals and beat an opponent like this - it can't get any better. I think that after this match we will enjoy every next one," said Vešović.
There is no doubt that the Montenegrin midfielder is an important player in the plans of Rijeka coach Matjaž Kek, because he played in all nine games of the Croatian championship this season.
"The most important thing is that I'm healthy and fit, so to speak. I've scored goals, assisted, as soon as I play continuously it's felt".
The people of Rijeka have seven wins and two draws, a total of 23 points in first place, one more than Osijek and four more than Dinamo. They are a hit in Croatia...
"For sure we surprised everyone, we entered the season very well, we play the most beautiful football in Croatia. I'm only sorry that we were unfortunately eliminated from Istanbul in Europe". Vešovi is a player of Spezia, but he has been wearing Rijeka's jersey for the second season.
"The owner is the same, they are sister clubs, so I am on loan in Rijeka. When the season ends, I will have another year of contract with Spezia, but maybe something will happen in the winter, maybe in the summer, everything is possible. We will see what happens happen, the most important thing is that it goes well, and when it does, we all have some wishes and plans," concludes Marko Vešović.
A very important draw against Romania
That Vešović is in great shape could be seen in the match that the Montenegrin national team played in Romania. He was one of the best players of our team, who won a very important draw at the start of the World Cup qualifiers.
"I am satisfied, of course, the most important thing is that we did not lose in a difficult away game against a very strong selection, which played in the European Championship. Now we have two more difficult matches, against Kazakhstan at home and away with Denmark. We need to collect as many points as possible, the atmosphere is excellent, the team is young, I hope that we will regain the cult of the national team among the fans," Vešović points out.
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