Another fiery "Adriatic Derby" at "Poljud" and Slaven Belupo at "Rujevica" - if Rijeka and Radomir Đalović win in the last two rounds, they will become Croatian champions.
The Montenegrin expert led Rijeka to an away triumph over Šibenik and with the last 180 minutes, they are a point above second-placed Dinamo, while with a match in hand, they are also six points ahead of Hajduk.
An important match at "Šubićevac" was decided by French international Nais Džouahra, after an assist from the brilliant Toni Fruk.
"A huge victory for us, we deservedly celebrated - we played like a champion and came away with three points," said Đalović.
Earlier today, in an interview with "Tportal", our coach recalled the time when, as an assistant, he was the only one from the Rijeka coaching staff who refused to move to Dinamo together with the first coach Sergej Jakirović.
"Jakirović is my friend and he achieved a great result. We hung out off the field and he wanted everyone to go with him, from Salatović, Ivančić, Roguljić... But I felt like I would betray the people in Rijeka because I came to the club before him. And they gave me a chance," Đalović said.
He says he would have turned down an invitation from any club at that time.
"I never even considered whether I would buy someone with that or not. It was a normal sequence for me. Believe me, if Manchester City had come, it wouldn't have been an option for me," Đalović explained.
Rijeka and Đalović can even achieve a double crown this season, as they also face the Cup final against Slaven Belupo.
Since 2006, only Rijeka has managed to break Dinamo's championship dominance - that was eight years ago.
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