Slovenian captain Jan Oblak, on the verge of tears after the defeat to Portugal: “After all the effort we put in, we cannot be satisfied”
Photo: Vid Ponikvar / Sportida
That the way Slovenia lost to Portugal will hurt for a long time, there’s no doubt. But when the pain subsides, pride will begin to take center stage. Slovenian representatives exceeded our wildest expectations at Euro 2024! Let’s be honest – it was hard to expect that Jan Oblak and his teammates would advance from the group. But they did. Now they are actually returning home undefeated. In four matches, no one managed to defeat them while the game was being played.
Portugal only celebrated in the end after penalties. But it could have been different. Jan Oblak is well aware of this. If Benjamin Šeško had scored just before the end of extra time when he was one-on-one with goalkeeper Diogo Costa, today we would probably be in the quarterfinals. If, if, if. Now it is what it is. And now it hurts. Jan Oblak didn’t hide that. Jan Oblak was on the verge of tears after the match in Frankfurt. Ice-cold Jan Oblak did not hide his emotions…
Jan Oblak: “We lacked a bit of luck”
“When you see all this, all these amazing fans, it’s even harder. I don’t know what to say. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. The Portuguese won, there’s not much more to say. But our fans are incredible, and because of all this, it’s even harder that we didn’t win,” Jan Oblak said in front of the camera for RTV Slovenija. His words didn’t flow smoothly, but who wouldn’t understand him…
“It’s hard to talk about it, especially a few minutes after it all happened. We were alive in extra time, we had chances to score, but it didn’t work out, maybe we lacked a bit of luck. In the end, the Portuguese deservedly won, we can congratulate them. But we are not satisfied, especially after all the effort we put in,” honestly admitted the Slovenian captain, who played an excellent game. He even saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo! Unfortunately, this time it wasn’t enough…
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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