Slovenia confident for decisive battle at Euro U-17: ‘We are well prepared and we believe we can beat Italy’
Spain 6, Slovenia 3, Serbia 3, Italy 0. And a hell of a final 90 minutes of the European Cadet Championship in Hungary. Before the last round, no one is in the quarter-finals and no one is written off. Spain, with six points, can also be relegated, Italy, with no points, can also advance. So there is no doubt that it will be hot. Slovenia will take part at 17. Italy will start the match in an hour and if they beat them… Well, the young boys, led by Mišo Brečkoare on the verge of something big, but the task ahead of them is not easy. Italy may be without points, but they played well against both Spain and Serbia. If I had been a little luckier, it would certainly have been different.
“We made too many mistakes against Spain and, despite defending well, it wasn’t enough to get the points. We will give our best against Italy because we can take Slovenia to the quarter-finals for the first time in its history. That would certainly be a great success. Italy is a very uncomfortable opponent, they have their own qualities and they play very fast. But it is important to stress that we have qualities too. If we play the way we did against Italy in the first leg, we will have a good chance of winning,” says defender Mark Kerin, who is also a member of Dinamo Zagreb.
Slovenia will play its last match in Telkiai near Budapest without Rene Hrvatin, who was sent off against Spain.
One of those who will be particularly motivated is undoubtedly Luka Mlakar, who earns his living in Italy, where he is a member of Roma. “Against Spain, we showed our opponents a little too much respect early on. Then we rallied and continued the game as a real team. Even at 3:0 down and a man down, we still managed to score and the game could have ended in our favour,” said the younger brother of Hajduk forward Jan Mlakar, adding.Everything is still in our hands. The chances of progressing to the quarter-finals are good and the boys and I will do our best to achieve our goal..”
Mark Tomšič, football player
NK Brinje Grosuplje
, complemented his teammates.We have prepared well for Italy and it will certainly be a tough encounter. The Italians will be fighting to get the three points, because with a bit of luck, they can also qualify. We are well prepared and I believe we will beat Italy and look forward to progressing from the group.”
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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