Milenko Aćimović also selected: the national youth team selector also called up the defender of the leading club of the second Slovenian league
On Monday, Mišo Brečko and Anton Žlogar, the selectors of the cadet and junior national teams, revealed their lists, followed by Matjaž Kek and Milenko Aćimović on Tuesday. Kek revealed
his trump cards
for the start of the qualifiers for
Euro 2024
, and Milenko Aćimović has selected the players he will take to Turkey.
The young Slovenian national football team will play two friendlies on the Turkish coast, against Slovakia and Azerbaijan.
“We are building on the foundations we laid in the autumn, when we put together the skeleton of the team with a new generation of players. The core of the team remains unchanged, although some have commitments with the youth national team. This will give a chance to prove themselves to some of the guys who have shone in the past weeks and months with their good work,” is for
official NHS website
Milenko Aćimović told.
The U21 national team will be in Turkey between 19. and 27. March. Her first game is against Slovakia, host of the next European Under-21 Championship, on 22. March. It will play Azerbaijan four days later.
Qualification starts in September
“We have shown a lot of positive things in the three autumn tests and we need to continue to do so until qualifying starts in September. In Turkey we will have the perfect conditions to work hard, to build on all this in training and to play two quality preparatory matches,” added Milenko Aćimović, who this time left Mitja Ilenic and Srđan Kuzmić to the U19 squad, which will face the decisive part of the European Championship qualification.
It is also interesting to note that Rene Rantuša Lampreht, a member of the second league club, is also a member of the team, wearing the Rogaška jersey this season. Before that, he also spent time with Maribor and Bravo. Aćimović was also called up by Marko Brest, who also plays in 2. SNL, but this is not the first time an Aluminij player will be part of the Under-21 squad.
The U21 squad will start qualifying for the 2025 European Championship in autumn, September to be precise, when they will play Bosnia and Herzegovina away and France at home .
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