Rijeka 1, Slaven Belupo (Cro) 4

KOPRIVNICA, Croatia (Interstat) — Slaven Belupo defeated visiting Rijeka 4-1 on Sunday, using a dominant second half to pull away. Jon Mersinaj opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Lovro Banovec made it 2-0 in the 52nd, then assisted on Ilija Nestorovski’s 69th-minute goal. Nestorovski added his second in the 74th. Tiago Dantas scored Rijeka’s lone goal, but it came too late to alter the outcome. Josip Mitrovic and Marko Dabro each provided an assist for Slaven Belupo. Ivan Urata received a yellow card in the 43rd minute. Rijeka made substitutions in the 62nd, 80th and 85th minutes, while Slaven… Read more...