A brilliant performance from the Blues, superb passing and attacks across a pitch soaked by heavy prolonged rain, two wonderful pieces of skill for two goals and a commanding lead, followed by two conceded goals in the final stages - first in the 74th and then in the 89th minute for a final score of 2-2... A complete range of different emotions packed into these 90 minutes in which Dinamo and Monaco played out a 2-2 draw in Matchday 2 of the Champions League.

It was a fantastic European debut for coach Nenad Bjelica in his second stint on Dinamo's bench, and the draw and first point against a team that, alongside PSG, sits at the top of the French league table, magnetized the Zagreb crowd who sent the Blues off with thunderous applause.

The sequence in which Petar Sučić concluded the move for the opening goal was magnificent. Josip Mišić launched a long ball from his own penalty area down the left flank, Martin Baturina collected it and burst into a counter-attack... When the defender caught up with him near the penalty area, the Blue number ten freed himself with skillful dribbling and noticed that Sučić had been tracking the entire move at full sprint down the right side. Baturina sent him a pass across the pitch, and Sučić delivered three sequences worthy of applause in three seconds: he skillfully controlled the ball, then with a dribble using his right foot sent the defender sliding toward the touchline, and finally chipped the ball with his left foot over the goalkeeper into the net.

If Sučić can do it, then so can I - Baturina must have thought, as he produced another magnificent piece of skill for Dinamo's second goal. Kevin Theophile headed the ball clear in the 66th minute after a Monaco attack, Bruno Petković collected it, skillfully held it up and passed to Marko Rog, who immediately launched it right into Baturina's path. The Blue number ten was leading the counter-attack, and seeing that the defender had caught up with him, he slowed down the move while maintaining firm control of the ball. He weighed up the defenders, dribbled past one, then another while looking for a shooting position, feinted with his right foot but then set it up on his left, from which he struck from 17 meters and hit the very corner for 2-0 and an eruption from the stands.

The visitors reduced the deficit in the 74th minute. Raul Torrente had kicked the ball out of play, a corner kick followed during which it seemed the ball was flying into the hands of goalkeeper Ivan Nevistić. However, in the scramble in the six-yard box, Dinamo's keeper lost his balance, which Mohammed Salisu took advantage of, heading into the corner.

Monaco "announced" the equalizer in the 87th minute when Kassoum Ouattara struck from about ten meters on the left, Takumi Minamino headed it from the edge of the six-yard box... But right on the goal line, Torrente suddenly "emerged" and, also with his head, cleared the ball. However, two minutes later, German referee Harm Osmers judged that Maxime Bernauer's challenge on Folarin Balogun was a foul worthy of a penalty. From the spot, Denis Zakaria powerfully hammered it under the crossbar.

Back in the 10th minute, Mišić had received a return pass in front of the opposition penalty area, headed it left to Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, who dribbled past three players and cut sharply into the center, with the ball flying across the six-yard box... On the far side, Stefan Ristovski collected it, crossed into the middle, and Petković from seven meters sent an acrobatic scissor kick just over the crossbar.

In the 13th minute, there was danger in front of Dinamo's goal as Minamino escaped the offside trap, appeared alone at the edge of the six-yard box, but Nevistić managed to deflect the ball out of play with a brilliant reaction using his foot.