Salzburg lost lead to Zagreb despite drawing

Everything remains to be decided in the evenly matched Group E after Salzburg drew against Dinamo Zagreb at the Maksimir Stadium (1-1) and gave the lead to Chelsea, who again beat Milan (0-2). The Croats remain in last place, but they have overtaken the Rossoneri and still have a chance to qualify for the round of 16.

Salzburg, who remain unbeaten after four games, earned their third league draw after moving up on the scoreboard. Dinamo Zagreb started the game well, but the Austrians were more effective with their first shot between the three posts. Nicolas Seiwald was the author of the goal in the 11th minute when he received a rejected ball and crossed the net against a Dominik Livakovic who could have done more to avoid 0-1.

VAR awarded the goal

A pitcher of cold water for Dinamo Zagreb, who nevertheless leveled the score before the break (40′) with a goal conceded by VAR. Its author was Robert Ljubicic, whose shot from outside the box was deflected by a defender and past goalkeeper Philipp Köhn.

The referee disallowed the goal for offside, but at the request of VAR he reviewed the play and corrected it, understanding that Noah Okafor, effectively in an advanced position, did not block Köhn’s vision.

After the break, Dinamo Zagreb took the lead and Dario Spikic had a great chance in the 55th minute after a cross from Dino Peric but he couldn’t get his header in and it was easily saved by Köhn.

Two balls on the crossbar

Salzburg resisted the local push and, although the expected Slovenian striker Benjamin Sesko was now off, managed to tip the balance with a run by Luka Sucic, who crashed a shell onto the crossbar (73 ‘).

Neither team was happy with the tie and late in the game came with both goals, although the one who came closest to scoring was Petar Bockaj with a free kick over the crossbar in added time.