Dinamo Zagreb claimed solely their second ever Champions League away win after defeating 10-man Salzburg 2-0.
Second-half targets from Sandro Kulenovic and Bruno Petkovic helped Dinamo seal their first victory on this season’s competitors.
The guests broke by means of inside 4 minutes of the restart, when Kulenovic took benefit of some sloppy defending by amassing Stefan Ristovski’s cross earlier than slotting residence.
Issues received much more troublesome for the hosts on 66 minutes, as goalkeeper Alexander Schlager was proven a straight purple card for dealing with Petar Sucic’s goalbound shot outdoors the field.
Dinamo capitalised on their numerical benefit to seal the factors six minutes from time; Ristovski the supplier as soon as extra as he teed up Petkovic, who fired residence.
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Just below 26 years since their sole earlier Champions League triumph on the street in opposition to Ajax, Dinamo have lastly tasted such success for the primary time in 23 makes an attempt (drawn three, misplaced 19).
Nonetheless, it was a troublesome day for Salzburg, who’re nonetheless searching for their first level and one among 4 sides but to search out the web on this season’s competitors.
Schlager turned the primary participant to obtain a purple card for the Austrian aspect, who’ve now misplaced seven of their final eight Champions League matches.
