Bjelica can’t, here’s who will be on Dinamo’s bench at Salzburg: ‘Nenad is to blame for being the coach’

Nenad Bjelica for the second time, as coach of Dinamo, he will follow the European match of the “Blues” from the stands. Everything is clear, Bjelica “turned red” in the home match between Dinamo and Monaco, so tomorrow’s test in Salzburg will be watched from the beautiful vineyard. Red Bull Arene. Uefa’s rules are strict and clear, that suspension applies only to the day of the match.

The coach of Dinamo is also without any problems in society Stefan Ristovski to hold an announcement press conference today, he normally led his team’s training at the Red Bull Arena, during tomorrow he will be able to hold all the meetings with his players. Until arriving at the stadium, where Bjelica is not allowed to be in the locker room, he has to go to the stand immediately.

Interestingly, the match ends with them Whitefish he can continue with all his activities as the coach of the Croatian champion, so he will also appear at the press conference after the match itself. In his first term on the Dinamo bench, the experienced coach could not lead the first match of the Round of 16 against Benfica (1-0), so his assistant at the time led that match from the bench. Rene Poms.

Bjelica then “blushed” in the home match against Viktorija Plzen (3-0)the coach of Dinamo got into a fight with the visiting player Milan Havel near the touchline at the end of the first half. The Hungarian referee Istvan Kovacs ruled out for Dinamo, Havel took the ball in his hands, Bjelica tried to take it away from him so that Leovac would return it to the game as soon as possible. But the judge didn’t listen to that…

The meeting between Šibenik and Istria in the 33rd round of the HT First League

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And Pomsa “acting” in Salzburg – Danijel Jumić. Today, Bjelica has three assistants, Danijel Jumić, Nina Bula and Sandro Perković, the first two have long been part of his professional staff (Jumić from Osijek, Bule from Dinamo), while Perković arrived in Maksimir. Dinamo will officially be led by 38-year-old Jumi against the strong Austrian team. Već he replaced him on the bench, only the one of the German Union when Bjelica received a three-match suspension for kicking Leroya Sanea. Then Jumić had a win, a draw and a loss.

Bjeli’s assistant had an interesting playing career, he was also a member of young Croatian national teams. And in one conversation back in 2021, he clearly told us who his biggest coaching idol is:

– Nenad Bjelica! We played together in Kärnten for two years, and he became the game-coach right at that time. He was my coach for a short time, but in those days he certainly became the “culprit” that made me fall in love with coaching. He is a great person and a great person, but also a top expert.

Once upon a time, Rene Poms successfully replaced Bjelica on a “European work assignment”, and with the “Blues” they defeated Benfica, for whom they played in those days Ruben Dias, Joao Felix, Alex Grimaldo and – Filip Krovinović. Dani Olmo forced a penalty, Bruno Petković was safe from the penalty spot and led Zagreb to a great victory. We hope that Jumi will be equally successful.