What do Senad Tiganj, Nastja Čeh, Dare Vršič and Žan Vipotnik have in common? Kazakhstan witnesses an event not seen for 16 years
Although Slovenia entered its 15th qualification round in Astana on Thursday, which means it has played a lot of competitive matches, we witnessed an event in Kazakhstan that has only happened three times before. He – clearly – took care of it Žan Vipotnikwho, at the Astana Arena, wrote a new chapter in his incredible fairy tale about a real football black duck who transformed overnight into a beautiful white swan.
In Kazakhstan, it was Zan Vipotnik who scored the winning goal. Attacker
Maribor
came into the game in 70. In the first minute, he replaced Žan Celar, and then, after just eight minutes on artificial turf, he had already checked the home goalkeeper Igor Šatskiy. Believe it or not, he did it with the first touch of the ball!
The first was Nastja Čech
Vipotnik, 21, became the man of the match and only the fourth player in the history of the Slovenian national team to score a goal in a competitive match. Only Nastja Čech, Senad Tiganj and Dare Vršič have done the same before him. The latter was the last to succeed before Vipotnik, but it’s been 16 long years since then! Dare Vršič, who is still playing football as he is currently registered as a member of the third division team Zavrč, made his debut with a goal on 2 June 2007, when Slovenia played Romania at home in the Euro 2008 qualifiers and lost 1:2.
Vršič came into the game in Celje in 83. 11 minutes later, he scored with his left foot after a pass from Klemn Lavric.
Senad Tiganj and Nastja Čech scored their first national team goals (the only one for a Gorenjska forward) in the same match. At the beginning of October 2001, Slovenia hosted the Faroe Islands in front of 8500 spectators in Bežigrad, beating them 3-0 and confirming their place in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. Nastja Čech, the first player to score in a competitive match, scored twice in the first half, while Senad Tiganj sealed the victory for the home team with a goal in the 82nd minute. minutes. He came on for Milan Osterc 12 minutes before the game.
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