Chelsea cannot say they were not warned. The threat of Mislav Orsic should be well-known by now after his exploits against English clubs in Europe.
Meanwhile, as he discussed the financial disparity between the two clubs and their leagues, Dinamo Zagreb coach Ante Cacic did insist money is not everything.
So it proved as Dinamo Zagreb, on a historic and famous occasion for them and nightmare one for Thomas Tuchel, condemned Chelsea to defeat in their Group E Champions League opener.
Orsic has already been the scourge of the Premier League’s London clubs, with a Europa League hat-trick to dump Tottenham out in 2021 and group stage winner against West Ham in the same competition last year.