Andraž Šporar scored his 11th international goal in Malta, and after the match, he supported goalkeeper Vida Belc, saying, “We need to figure out what went wrong”
Photo: Vid Ponikvar / Sportida
Vid Belec doesn’t often get opportunities in the goal for Slovenia, but when he does, it almost proverbially leads to a “celebration.” This was the case in the qualifying defeat in Finland, as well as in the away game in Malta. Vid Belec, the experienced Styrian who plays for Cypriot APOEL at club level, was also seen by many as the “scapegoat” for the slip-up after the draw with Malta since it’s often easiest to blame the goalkeeper. However, Andraž Šporar disagrees with this and emphasizes that it would be unfair to blame the reserve goalkeeper of the Slovenian national team for the failure. If anyone, others failed, according to the Ljubljana native’s opinion.
“All for one, one for all, in good times and bad. If anyone was to blame for a goal, it was us in the defensive wall reacting poorly to the free-kick goal. But certainly not Vid, it was an unfortunate series of events for him. Let’s move forward together, Vid has nothing to do with being surprised and conceding two exceptional goals at the start of the second half,” conveyed the words of the attacker from the Greek giant Panathinaikos after a friendly match that ended in a 2-2 draw.
Šporar: “Everything is happening to us as a team”
Andraž Šporar, who scored his 11th international goal in Malta, added regarding the opening game of the European Championship year: “We need to figure out what went wrong, especially since after the first half, I was convinced that everything was completely under control and that we could only improve in the second half and secure a reliable victory. Our performance should have been better, but let’s move on; Tuesday presents us with something completely different, and I’m confident that we’ll be ready. Everything is happening to us as a team; I would even give up my goal immediately if it meant the game would end differently, that we would win. Unfortunately, we didn’t; in the end, we even expended a lot of energy just to secure the draw, but that’s how it is.“
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Author: editorial Football Planet
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