Salzburg had a terrible start to the main stage of the Champions League. The calendar was as simple as possible, but they managed to lose twice to Sparta and Brest. Also, the hosts are not doing well even in the championship. Red Bull are in fourth place, though with two games to spare. But the loss of points against modest Tyrol and the crushing defeat to Sturm show that not everything is going so well in the team.
After the defeat to Bayern, Sergei Jakirovic was sacked, and he was replaced by Nenad Bjelica. He nearly snatched a win against Monaco, but otherwise failed to improve the Zagreb team’s results much. At the weekend, the club lost points for the first time in the championship, when Dinamo failed to beat Istra away. In the championship, the gap to Hajduk increased to four points. In the Champions League, nominally, Dinamo is one of the weakest teams to reach the main stage.