Vukovar visited Dynamo Zagreb U21 for the third round of the First NL on 2 September 2026 and left with a 6-2 victory. The hosts sat in 12th place with three points from three games, while Vukovar occupied eighth with four. It was a result that shifted the balance between two sides still finding their feet in the campaign.
The opening exchanges were frantic, with Vukovar pinning them back from the first whistle. Bakovic found the net at the two-minute mark, followed quickly by Brundic ten minutes in. Kulusic added a third before Dynamo could catch their breath, and here's the thing: the home side looked shell-shocked. They had no answer to the tempo.
By then came the moment that stays with anyone who watches the whole match — a goal at twenty minutes that Dynamo somehow managed to salvage.
Petkovic doubled their efforts just before half-time, and Sivalec carried that momentum into the second period. The visitors went for the jugular after the break, turning it on with purpose rather than patience. Two yellow cards arrived in quick succession at seventy-three and eighty-three minutes as tensions rose.
Bozhkov scored at seventy-nine, and then the eightieth minute delivered a double blow. A regular goal and a penalty from Pavlek — the crowd roared them on as Dynamo's defence found no answer.
A ninety-minute goal rounded out the scoring, bringing the final tally. Vukovar moved four points clear of the hosts in the table, and by then it was clear this was a match decided in moments rather than minutes of sustained pressure.
