The title is in the past, a success for all time, but in the past. Even after the greatest victories, if you are an athlete, you have to be hungry for new victories!
With these words, Radomir Đalović motivated his players before the second leg of the Cup final, very successfully - Rijeka won another trophy, the Montenegrin coach took the double crown in his debut season on the bench!
In the second leg, at Rujevica, after a 1:1 draw in the first match - Rijeka won 1:0 against Slaven Belupo, the first double crown and the greatest success in the club's history.
"I want energy, I want aggression, I want hunger - I want another trophy for this club and city."
The former Montenegrin national team player is a fantastic motivator, Rijeka remembers him and will remember him - like Dragutin Spasojević, in the late 70s, when he brought the Marshal Tito Cup to Kantrida, the first trophy in Rijeka's history.
Đalović continued where the legendary Spaske left off, and set some new standards.
There was celebration in Kvarner after the championship title, the celebration, it turns out, was only briefly interrupted, due to the Cup final. Now it can continue...
The goal, or rather the goal itself, was decided by Frenchman Nais Djouare - the guy who played seven games for Real Sociedad in La Liga in his career scored in the 60th minute with a fantastic shot from distance.
In the final minutes, Rijeka had to fight back with ten men, Luka Menalo received a yellow card in the 87th minute, the stoppage time lasted six minutes, but the home team held on - to a new explosion of joy in the stadium.
As a total outsider in the competition between Dinamo and Hajduk, Radomir Đalović won both the championship and the Cup.
Can it be better, can it be more?
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