After a draw in Osijek, Hajduk's head coach Marijan Pusnik said:

 "I want to thank my players as they endured all they had to endure after losing to Dinamo, today they played the way I wanted, rough and solid. We could have done more, you always can do better, but this was good. The result is fair, we watched fierce and tough game. I am very satisfied with the attitude of my players! After all, it was important to play solid and not lose the game. We now have another match ahead of us, Maccabi Tel Aviv, which is the most important match for us, but there were no calculations in this regard, everyone could see how we fought and how significant this match was to us."