After winning 96 and drawing 13 of their previous home league matches, the Croatian champions were left stunned by a weekend defeat
Dinamo Zagreb’s incredible sequence of 109 league matches without defeat at their Stadion Maksimir home was ended on Saturday as they went down 1-0 against Osijek.
Josip Knezevic got the only goal of the game after a couple of minutes to secure the win for the visitors, who pulled level with the Zagreb club in the league.
The last time Dinamo, who are the defending Croatian champions, suffered a league loss at the Stadion Maksimir was in July 2010, when they suffered a 2-1 reverse against Rijeka in the second week of the championship.
Previously, they had won 96 and drawn just 13 of their league matches at home in what was one of European football's most staggering records.
It was the worst possible preparation for their forthcoming Champions League campaign, which begins on Wednesday when they pay a visit to Olympique Lyonnais. Also in Group F are Sevilla and Juventus, with the latter visiting Zagreb on September 27.
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