Robert Jarni also counts on former Olimpija player who swapped the Dragons for Dinamo and Slovenia for Croatia
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While the Slovenian U17 national team will face Portugal (hosts), the Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan in the first round of the Euro 2023 qualifiers , our southern neighbours Croatia will host a tournament in Poreč, with Wales, Sweden and Albania also taking part. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the next round, and interestingly, a Slovenian will be trying to help the cubes to progress!
Selector Robert Jarni, a great defender who played for Real Madrid and Juventus in his time, has added Leo Rimac to the list of national team players. He is a Slovenian born and bred footballer who got tired of waiting for a new contract with the
Olimpija
. And when he had had enough, he turned his back not only on the dragons, but also on Slovenia.
Only time will tell if he made the right choice
Rimac decided to play for Croatia rather than Slovenia after moving to Dinamo from Zagreb. He has already made his debut for the latter and will now probably get a chance to play in the qualification matches. Only time will tell whether the 2006-born footballer made the right decision and whether we will one day regret taking off the Slovenian jersey. But so far, he’s doing well. In a short time, he worked his way up through Olimpija and Dinamo to the Croatian crest. I could hardly ask for more.
Source of the photo: Croatian Football Federation (HNS)
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