Dinamo led 4-0 at halftime, conceded four goals in the second half, and still managed to win in the end... In a football spectacle in Ljubljana, in a match with a total of 10 goals, the Zagreb side defeated Odred Ljubljana 6-4 and continued their hunt for the championship title. Odred was the former name of the club that later became known as Olimpija, and this Ljubljana clash came at a time when the Blues were on a seven-match unbeaten run and comfortably held the top of the table, eventually winning the championship trophy.

Interestingly, their autumn encounter at Maksimir also ended with a goal fest: Dinamo won 5-3 on that occasion. So, in the two matches between Dinamo and Odred, a total of 18 goals were scored!

This was Dinamo's fifth league match in just 14 days. The chronology of the match was equally attractive: the Zagreb side led 4-0 at halftime, then Ivan Toplak scored three goals to bring the hosts back into contention at 4-3, then the Blues increased their lead again, but Toplak responded in the very next minute with his fourth goal to bring Ljubljana back into the game, before Dinamo finally confirmed victory in the last minute.

The home team's star player, four-goal scorer Toplak, later became a renowned coach and manager of the Yugoslav national team.

The pitch itself wasn't particularly conducive to good football, as we can gather from the media description of the time: "The pitch doesn't have a single blade of grass, it's all yellow earth, hard and flat."

Dinamo took the lead in the 7th minute when Stojan Osojnak set up Luka Lipošinović, who after a skillful run precisely found the corner from a diagonal angle. The hosts came close to equalizing six minutes later when Vlado Žumbar hit the crossbar.

Željko Čajkovski doubled the lead in the 29th minute with a surprise shot that bounced off the post into the goal. Then Vladimir Čonč "exploded". In the space of three minutes, from the 34th to 37th, he scored two goals and hit the post once. First, he initiated an attack and successfully finished it himself for 3-0, then in the next move he shot from 20 meters and rattled the post. Immediately after, Osojnak also hit the left post, and Čonč spectacularly backheeled the rebound into the goal for 4-0.

The second half brought Toplak's show. First, he scored from a free kick from 20 meters in the 50th minute, then seven minutes later – he scored from a free kick from 20 meters. Two "identical" spectacular goals over the wall weren't even his best moment in this match.

The masterpiece with which he reduced the deficit to 4-3 in the 65th minute was perhaps the most beautiful moment of the match: he received the ball on the edge of the penalty area, slightly to the right, with his back to goal, then turned and struck a powerful volley into the top corner.

Dionizije Bato Dvornić restored Dinamo's two-goal advantage in the 82nd minute after a solo run, but in the very next attack Toplak ignited the match again with his fourth goal. He started the attack almost from the center circle, ran through the middle of the pitch, and when many expected a pass to the wing, he decided on a powerful shot that ended up in the net.

In the final minute, fine margins decided whether the match would end in a draw or with a Dinamo victory. The hosts had a great chance when Viljem Belcer shot from five meters, goalkeeper Branko Kralj saved the shot, and in the counter-attack Osojnak scored to confirm the victory.

After this match, four rounds before the end, Dinamo was at the top with 38 points, the same as second-placed Red Star. Partizan was one point behind.