Coach Joan Carrillo held his pre-match press conference ahead of the Adriatic derby against Rijeka that will be played on Sunday at Poljud, kick - off 17:00. By this match, the first quarter of the First Division will end but it will also be a start of a series of five consecutive championship games that Hajduk will play at Poljud this autumn.

"At the match, we want to repeat things that we did on the training sessions. They also can't count on a few players, but their philosophy, like ours, always remains the same. They are very mobile in the offensive line, they always want to use every hole in the opponent's defense. In only a moment, they can create a dangerous situation. They played like this last year, this year they play the same way, they are a very good team. The very fact that statistics is not on our side can be motivating. We are playing with last year's champions, a possible win in this game would please our fans for which we are playing".

"We have a couple of doubts, Pesic, T. Basic and Carbonieri won't be able to play for sure. We still have one training, there are two players (Erceg and Nizic) who are also not ready. They worked this week on a special program. The importance of this game is such that only those who are 100% ready will play".