Bilje can breathe easier: Jani Šturm led the second-league team from the Primorska region to an exceptionally important victory over Velenje’s Rudar
Photo: Peter Kastelic / Sportida
It’s hard to argue that they’re completely safe already, but the fact is that Bilje secured an extremely important victory on Friday in the battle to stay in the 2. SNL. The Primorska side visited Velenje, where they faced the recently quite confident Rudar. The latter had been on a streak of four consecutive wins at home at the Ob jezeru stadium, but this time the positive streak ended. Bilje triumphed with a score of 2:1, maintaining a seven-point lead over the fifteenth position, which along with the sixteenth leads to 3. SNL.
In Velenje, there were about 120 spectators, who, after barely half an hour, mostly realized that the points would probably go to Primorska. Bilje took the lead in the 14th minute when Mateo Cipi, a former Albanian youth international born in Germany with a Greek passport, who had also developed in Italy (Sassuolo, Ternana) and Belgium (Gent) before coming to Slovenia, scored. The 19-year-old, who also played 45 minutes in the 2. SML this season, celebrated his first goal for Bilje.
The guests, led by coach Jani Šturm, celebrated again in the 31st minute when Franci Perko scored, registering his seventh goal of the season, beating the home goalkeeper David Šugić. Rudar, eighth in the standings with a two-point lead over their opponents, softened the defeat in the dying moments when Amadej Vošnjak scored in the 89th minute.
The second league will continue with three matches on Saturday (Bistrica – Primorje, Ilirija – Fužinar, Gorica – Triglav), and the 25th round will conclude on Sunday with matches between Dravinja – Beltinci, Jadran – Tolmin, and Nafta – Brinje Grosuplje.
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Author: editorial Football Planet