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Hajduk wished Torcida a happy 76th birthday on social media, a week after announcing UEFA's sanctions over the Conference League match against Ajax; Croatian outlets report that fan reaction was divided.
Dortmund coach Niko Kovač told ZDF that his side had planned not to shoot the stoppage-time free kick against Werder directly, until he shouted at Marcel Sabitzer to take it on, according to Sportnet.
Il Resto del Carlino reports, as relayed by Index and Sportnet, that Al-Jazira offered Croatia midfielder Nikola Moro a four-year deal worth about €14m and that Bologna did not agree to let him go; he has played 106 Serie A minutes this season.
Substitute Martin Baturina scored in the 92nd minute to seal Como's 3-1 comeback win at Torino, his third Serie A goal of the season.
Croatia coach Slaven Bilić called up 32 players for the Nations League games against England on 12 November and Czechia on 15 November, including Hajduk's Marin Šotiček and Šimun Hrgović, who are on his wider list for the first time.
Luka Stojković scored in the 35th and 85th minutes to give Dinamo a 2-1 win over Rijeka and move them to within a point of league leader Hajduk.
Borna Sosa started in Köln's 5-0 DFB-Pokal win over Union Berlin, while Niko Kovač's Dortmund beat Werder 3-2 with a 93rd-minute goal and Nediljko Labrović stayed on Augsburg's bench.
Hajduk led 2-0 through Khalil Fayad and Michele Šego but Istra 1961 came back, finishing level with an Emil Frederiksen penalty in Pula.
Andrej Kramarić came off the bench to score a penalty for Hoffenheim's 1,000th Bundesliga goal and set up another in a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen, according to HNS and Hina.
Luka Modrić played all 90 minutes and set up Milan's opening goal in the sixth minute of a 2-0 Serie A win at Udinese.
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