Midtjylland beat Dinamo in the Europa League last season and played very well in that competition and realistically Rijeka will not be the favorite in this match.
On the other hand, Hajduk beat Zalgiris 4:0 and with an aggregate score of 9:2 they advanced to the final round of the qualifiers.
I've been following Hajduk for years and I don't remember when they were so good and convincing in the European qualifiers.
Their next opponent will be Polish Rakow, a team with the same market value as Hajduk so you could say they were lucky with the draw.
It seems to me that this is Hajduk's best chance in the last 10 years to finally qualify for the group stage of a European club competition.
It wasn't an exciting match, Rijeka suffered and they only drew due to luck and not talent.
For the next match in Rijeka i see it as really tough, it will actually be a tough opponent to face, i don't see a victory or a draw for them.
In football, luck certainly counts, but matches cannot be won with luck alone.
Yes, I agree, it was a bad and somewhat boring game, but I wouldn't say that Rijeka advanced to the next round of qualifiers just because of luck.
In the first match, Rijeka was a much better team and missed a lot of big opportunities for a convincing victory with a 2-3 goal difference.
In the return match, Rijeka dominated most of the match and kept possession of the ball, but the truth is that towards the end of the match they gave in and had to defend and Ilves missed the opportunity to score and win at least extra time and a chance for the overall victory.
Rijeka's opponent in the final round of qualifiers will be the Danish representative Midtjylland, whose market value is 2 times higher than Rijeka.
It will be a real test for this Rijeka team, whether they have the quality to repeat last year's success, qualifying for the group stage of the conference league.
