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 Belupo made changes in the 21st, 89th and 90+2nd minutes. The hosts controlled much of the match after halftime and protected their lead down the stretch. Slaven Belupo improved to 1-0 in this competition and 1-0 across all competitions. Rijeka fell to 0-1 in this competition and 0-2 overall.