In the 12th round of the Third Football League – Centre, the footballers of Petrinja’s Mladost suffered a home defeat against Naftaš Ivanić from Ivanić Grad, losing 4-0. The match was played in Petrinja, with the visitors dominating from start to finish.
Lovrić had the first significant chance for the hosts in the 26th minute, sending the ball just past the far post from a free kick taken from 25 metres, but failed to trouble the net. The visitors responded in the 30th minute when Radić and Čuni played a one-two on the right flank, foreshadowing their first goal.
In the 33rd minute, Radić exploited space in the home penalty area to score the first goal for Naftaš Ivanić. Continued pressure yielded another goal in the 41st minute when Sundey bypassed goalkeeper Pužak and found Radić, who struck from the penalty spot to extend the visitors’ lead to 2-0.
After the break, in the 50th minute, Sundey precisely struck the bottom right corner of Pužak’s goal for Naftaš’s third goal. Mladost attempted to respond, and in the 57th minute, Lovrić hit the post from a counter-attack. However, in the 68th minute, Vrdoljak delivered a cross from the right, and Martinović scored to make it 4-0.
In the closing stages of the match, in the 85th minute, goalkeeper Pužak saved a shot from Martinović following a cross from Čalić on the right, but this did not change the outcome of the encounter.
Other results from the 12th round were: Zagorec – Gaj Mače 0-1, Maksimir – Trešnjevka 4-4, Dinamo Odranski Obrež – Kurilovec 1-3, and Vrapče – Prečko 2-0.
In the next, 13th round, scheduled for Saturday 14 November 2026 at 14:00, the footballers of Petrinja’s Mladost will travel to Zagreb to face Ponikva.
