Meanwhile, Hammers manager Avram Grant has completed his backroom team by appointing Zeljko Petrovic as assistant manager.

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Jeff United defender Zeljko Milinovic was replaced with Shakhtar Donetsk's Muamer Vugdalic and Olimpija's Senad Tiganj came in instead of Cimerotic.

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Zeljko Lucic let loose a fierce and pained baritone as Rigoletto, combining with Damrau for an unforgettable second-act duet filled with emotion, inflection and even tears.

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The Croat vote was still too close to call, with incumbent Ivo Miro Jovic of the Croatian Democratic Union only marginally ahead of Zeljko Komsic of the opposition multi-ethnic Social Democratic Party.

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