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Dear fans of Sillamae Kalev. He completed the second leg of the first qualifying round of Europa League: Hajduk Split against Sillamae Kalev. It ended, as many of you already know the defeat of our team with a score of 6: 2. We will try a little to shed light on our stay in Croatia and on the match.
Croatia.
Kalev arrived in Split on the day after the game against Viljandi, that is, on July 7. The first thing worth noting is the air temperature is +30. The next day, the temperature rose to 35 degrees, which is clearly contrasted with cool Estonia. He himself was quite split Length of the city seamlessly blends with the surrounding settlements. Clear boundary, where it ends and begins Split, for example, Dugopolje (stadium of the city in which we played) could not take place. But it is not so important, because Croatia as a whole, and the city of Split in particular pleasantly surprised us with its picturesque. The combination of sea and mountains covered with forests - a win-win combination. Croatians themselves - very welcoming and friendly people, a lot of smiling and always willing to help, what else.
Hajduk.
The football club Hajduk Split - is something like a religion. Dry the statistics speak for themselves: the average attendance of games - about 11 thousand spectators. On the critical matches - 35 thousand. Fans Hajduk work everywhere - in hotels, stores, taxis, gas stations, police, hospitals and so on. The coat of arms of the club, Haydukskaya "checkered" present throughout the city, along with the main slogan - "Hajduk, live forever." The headquarters of the club, which is located at the stadium Poljud, is striking. There is a museum of the club, which displays all the form in which Hajduk played throughout his life, photographs of old age, newspaper clippings, photographs of famous football players. In other words, it's almost impossible to live in Split Hajduk and not love.
Training.
Official training Kalev held at the stadium in Dugopolje on the day before the game. The first thing that affected the most training - climate. In the words of one of the players Sillamae Kalev - "training it was very hard. Constantly feeling that the air is not enough. " It was clear that the heat will be another factor against whom Kalev have to play.
The day of the game.
Whatever it was, and the spirit of both the team and the head coach was a battle. Denis pre-match press conference on UGAROV appreciated the chance to win 50 to 50, and the question of Croatian journalists, "the reason for such optimism," he said simply: "I believe in my team." And as shown by the game - not unreasonably believed. However, the trouble came from not waiting for ... about 4 hours before the game main goalkeeper Kaleva - Mikhail Starodubtsev sharply felt bad. He was taken to a nearby hospital to provide necessary medical care, however, it became clear that the gate snaps reserve goalkeeper Eduard mustache. The administration of the club went to the hospital, and the coaching staff and the team to the stadium.
Game.
While Misha took the necessary tests, the team began the second leg against Hajduk. In the second leg hosts took the lead 15 minutes into the game. The last two games in a row Kalev faced with such a problem, with one of those games was against Hajduk, why talk about something it was early. And so it happened: in the 36th minute Daniel Ratnikov gave an excellent transfer oncoming Kyrylo Silichi that at least vulikolepno moved the ball to Giorgio Russo. The latter, after a slight touch of the ball defender Hajduk, and a mistake - 1: 1. And after 5 minutes, even at 41 minutes is the same Rousseau head locked shed Yanar Toomet the penalty Croatia - 1: 2. Caleb came forward in the away match, which significantly complicates the lives of the Croatian club. Apparently, it also meant the head coach Caleb, Dennis UGAROV when he said that he believes in his team. But, unfortunately, it did not have long to enjoy - on the added minute of the first half Kalev received a "goal in the locker room" with a penalty kick - 2: 2. After the break, the home team have made ??in my game the necessary adjustments that have helped to achieve the desired result - deprived Kalev opportunity to come forward and scored 4 goals, that was more than enough for the victory.
Mikhail Starodubtsev was able to leave the hospital until the next morning. Primary research did not reveal anything serious, so, it was possible to go back into the cool Estonia.
Leaders FC Kalev Sillamae thanks football club Hajduk Split and Travel Agency Spektar putovanja for providing excellent facilities for training and staying in Croatia.