What’s next? Slovenia will gather again in October, first facing Oslo, and then more than 6000 kilometers away in Almaty
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Two victories would, of course, be an even better scenario, but considering what we saw in Friday’s match against Austria, we can be entirely satisfied with the outcome of the first two games of the Slovenian national team in the Nations League. Slovenian coach Matjaž Kek first led his team to a draw with the northern neighbors (1:1), and then to a convincing victory over Kazakhstan, an old acquaintance from the qualifiers for Euro 2024.
Slovenia defeated Kazakhstan on both occasions on the road to the European Championship, and also celebrated on Monday, when they were significantly better in Stožice, and the match ended with a well-deserved 3:0 victory. All three goals for Slovenia were scored by Benjamin Šeško.
With Monday’s match, Slovenia’s September international campaign concluded, and Kek’s squad will regroup in October, when they face two very challenging tasks. While September saw them play at home twice in a row, October will see them play away twice in a row. On Thursday, October 10, they will first visit Norway, with the match being played at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.
Slovenia this time in Almaty and not in Astana
While the trip to Oslo will neither be long nor arduous, this is not the case for the visit to Kazakhstan, where the match will be just three days after the visit to Norway. It will be interesting to see whether Slovenia will head to the more than 6000 kilometers distant Almaty immediately after the match in Oslo, which might be the most logical and sensible approach. However, the decision-makers will decide as they see fit, and it is interesting that the October match will not be in Astana, where Slovenia last visited, but – as mentioned – in Almaty.
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and Almaty, the former capital and today the largest Kazakh city, where as many people live as in the whole of Slovenia, are nearly 1300 kilometers apart, and the Kazakh federation will organize the match against Slovenia at the anything but modern Central Stadium, which accommodates just over 23,000 spectators. When Norway visited there a few days ago (0:0), the stands were packed. In any case, it will not be easy! But if there is anyone we can trust, it is undoubtedly this group of players and their coach…
This text was automatically translated using AI.
Author: editorial Football Planet
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