The doubts that plagued Gennaro Gattuso before the last game before the championship break, in which his team won a great victory over Šibenik 4-0, will plague him two weeks later, before the visit to Koprivnica (Sunday, 16 hours). The only doubt for coach Hajduk is the question of who to use in the forward positions, with the fact that these are sweet worries because at least two players are competing for each position.
It just is Dominik Prpić dropped out of the competition for Koprivnica due to an injury during the U-21 match with the Greeks. It is a distortion of the ankle with a partial rupture of the ligament, so the gifted stopper should miss all four league matches until the next international break and return to competition only before the derby with Osijek and Dinamo at the end of November.
In that position, Gattuso has a reliable Šarli, who healed the injury and more. he has been in the competition for some time, and the experienced and reliable Elez didn’t need to be hurt.
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Kičma momčadi should therefore remain more or less composed of standard games: Lučić in goal, Uremovć and Sharli in front of him, the midfield should be held by Rakitic. and Krovinovi, and between them and Livaj, Kalik should play at the top of the attack. Seven are, therefore, safe, while at least four players should compete for good positions. In the last line Hrgović and Moufi on the right and Melnjak and Diallo on the left, and on the wings Durdov and Bamba on the right and Biuk and Dayak on the left.
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And that’s about it, everyone who doesn’t get a place in the lineup from the first minute is in competition to enter the second part because Gattuso likes to spread the burden of the game on a larger number of players and thus keep them in focus, but also spare them the effort so that they do not get into a situation of potential injury.
We’ll see if he’s on break Wristbands managed to regain Gattuso’s trust, as well as what status he will have Niko Sigur, who traveled again to the gathering of the Canadian national team, but did not play a single minute, and in Split he joined the team only two days before the game in Koprivnica.