Rijeka’s futsal team defeated MNK Osijek 7-3 in the third round of the SuperSport HMNL, played at the Zamet Centre in Rijeka in front of 1,250 spectators. It was Rijeka’s second league victory of the season.
The guests arrived at Zamet as the league leaders, having defeated Novo Vrijeme 9-2 in the previous round. However, they started the match as well as they could — Nejc Hozjan scored in the second minute to give Osijek the lead, and in the third minute the same player increased the visitors' advantage to 2-0.
Rijeka responded quickly. In the fourth minute, Rafinha reduced the deficit to 1-2, and in the same minute Mihael Matijević scored to equalise. In the sixth minute, Đorđe Rosić scored to give the home side a 3-2 lead, and in the 13th minute Matijević scored his second goal to extend the lead to 4-2. Teo Turk scored in the 17th minute to make it 5-2.
In the 25th minute, Antonio Sekulić reduced the score to 5-3, but Rafinha scored into an unguarded net in the final minute to make it 6-3, and Teo Turk set the final score at 7-3 with 17 seconds remaining. The home crowd thus witnessed ten goals.
Rafinha, Matijević and Turk led Rijeka’s team with two goals each, while Rosić also found the net. The goalscorers for Rijeka were Rafinha (4th, 40th), Mihael Matijević (4th, 13th), Đorđe Rosić (6th) and Teo Turk (17th, 40th), while for Osijek the goalscorers were Nejc Hozjan (2nd, 3rd) and Antonio Sekulić (25th).
The team, managed by Alen Jukić, was the Croatian vice-champion last season and the current winner of the Croatian Cup and Super Cup. Rijeka won their opening match against Hajduk 4-2, but lost away to Dubrovnik’s Square 6-4. Two home league matches and two victories were achieved against Hajduk and Osijek.
