After a game like this, we really have to wonder how Chelsea managed to lose the first game against Dinamo in Zagreb, because the big difference in quality between these two teams is obvious.
There is a very simple answer to that question, and the fact is that Chelsea was in very bad shape when they played the first game in Zagreb, while Dinamo was in great shape and had a lot of luck in that game. This is nothing new when it comes to Dinamo ZG, every season the same story is repeated, they literally start furiously in all competitions and then a sharp drop in form follows.
The culprit for the bad preparation of the team is the coach, and Dinamo simply has bad coaches, with the fact that the current one is one of the most incompetent ever, and if you remember how he destroyed the Croatian national football team until Dalic took over and led us all the way to the finals of the world championship.
Dinamo ZG would do a lot more if they had a better professional team that knew how to prepare the players not only physically but also psychologically. Ironically, they believe that the competition was successful because they earned as much as EUR 25 million, which was, of course, the goal. As long as Dinamo ZG does not change the management structure, which is still controlled by two fugitives sentenced to prison sentences, there will be no success in terms of better results.
Unfortunately, you are right.
Dinamo had very good players this season and was ready for great results, but failed again.
They had great capital at the beginning, the victory over Chelsea, but after that they played cowardly against teams they could have played on an equal footing, like Salzburg.
A great opportunity to continue competing in the Champions League or at least the Europa League was missed, and the Dinamo management is happy about the money they earned.
Lack of ambition, incompetence, lack of expertise... everything can be seen in today's Dinamo.
Unfortunately, after the world championship in football, we can expect the departure of the main players and that will be the end of the story about the club's European ambitions.
