Troubled Football Club? Call Dinamo Zagreb

Tottenhamm Spartak, Udinese, Hajduk, Rijeka and Cibalia were in a crisis before playing Dinamo, in order to be saved immediately after.

Tottenham, Spartak and Udinese have something in common, they were all in a crisis before playing a match against Dinamo. Only NEC played well before coming to Maksimir, and lost 3:2.

Unbelievable, but true.

The blue team is a great cure for bad form

The Spurs met the Zagreb team whilst at the bottom of their ladder, and won 4:0, and it could have been 8:0, without overdoing it. The English team have now ensured entry into the second round of the UEFA Cup, and are fighting for a golden middle position in the Premiership.

At the end of the Russian championship, Spartak were in eighth position, the fans were disappointed, the players were in a crisis. But their arrival to Maksimir might have fixed everything, because Spartak won 1:0 without even knowing how it happened.

Udinese have not know how it is to win since October 29, the efficient and offensive team did not know how to push the ball behind the rival’s goalkeeper. Then Dinamo comes along, an opportunity arrives, and with a smile on their faces they score two goals.

However, just to show that Dinamo does not have to travel far to save other teams, we can take a look at the Croatian championship. Hajduk won after five years in Maksimir, just when Hajduk’s form was terrible, and when a loss at the start would have put them far behind Dinamo. However, the win brought them back to life, and now they are one point from first position.

That is not all of course! Rijeka was losing it where they stopped, even their fans wrote a statement in which they doubted in their win, but that they wanted to see heart. They did not know who was arriving as guests. Anas Sharbini scored, and Rijeka pulled themselves out of a hole. After that they won in Sesvete, and nearly beat Slaven Belupo.

Football was created in England, football exorcism in Croatia

But that is not all! Cibalia lost six matches in a row in the Croatian league. Yes, an incredible six in a row, but then Dinamo came to them, the same team that scored six goals against them in Maksimir and achieved the record for the season. It ended 1:1, Cibalia later beat Inter, and then they beat Sesvete. They exited the danger zone and will calmly await spring.

So Dinamo should post an advertisement and become professional saviours for clubs in trouble. Something like a football exorcist. When signs of poor form are present, a negative atmosphere and losses in a row, they should turn to 128 Maksimir Street and order a friendly match, and bang, the season will be saved, and the marketing genius that Mamic could gain for himself would be a new revolution, and would push out the expensive and unnecessary sports psychologists from the game.

“Who you gonna call? Dinamo Zagreb!” would be the sales pitch in the revolutionary advertisement, which is purposely similar to the film “Ghostbusters”. That text would sit beside an appropriate calendar of Dinamo from 2006, where Balaban is covered in war colours, and has a thumb raised in the air.

That is the best way of fighting against the famous curse that has hung over Maksimir, because if you cannot get rid of 40 years, then make money from it.