Club Management led by the President Ivan Kos and coaching staff led by head coach Marijan Pusnik on one side, and captain Lovre Kalinic and his team mates on another. Against each other. Without excuses. Or compromise. For this 120-minute long "battle", this time, they were exceptionally on opposing sides, it was fun and entertaining to watch them in unusual roles (and equipment primarily) on the grounds of the Salona Paintball in Mravince, where they were kindly hosted by the Secretary Mirko Simic.
After they were armed to the teeth with the instructions and rules to make the game last in the spirit of fair play as well as maximum security, the adrenaline in Mravinacka forest could have been cut with a knife. Each battle lasted twenty minutes, there were several of them. And who won? It seemed to us that there were no winners, only sometimes there seemed to be slight difference between the sides.
But nobody was thinking much about that, after a training at Poljud and a two-hour paintball teambuilding, the players were a bit tired, as expected, but in a good mood, smiles and satisfaction clearly visible on their faces. And especially at the moment when the cakes arrived. To the surprise of Fran Tudor who celebrated his birthday yesterday and Franck Ohandza, who was celebrating today.
Just the right atmosphere, exactly as it should be ahead of the biggest derby of Croatian sport, the match against Dinamo.
