Bonifika experienced a double blackout: At the end of the match, the floodlights went out, and even before that, Koper was pale, which Olimpija took full advantage of to secure victory
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Three in a row! Olimpija has been on fire since Victor Sanchez took over as head coach. The Dragons secured their third consecutive victory at Bonifika, and if we include the preparatory matches, the Spaniard has achieved seven straight wins! With a goal difference of 14:1… Olimpija deservedly earned three points on the hot Coast, being better than Koper, with their hero being Ivan Durdov in this match.
It should be noted that the match was significantly delayed, as in the 88th minute, Bonifika was plunged into darkness. Allegedly due to bad weather, the floodlights went out! The players went to the locker rooms, but after a long break, the match, which Olimpija won 1-0, continued.
Olimpija didn’t take long to dominate on the surprisingly poor grass surface at Bonifika. Although Koper had two, maybe three promising situations in the opening minutes, Olimpija still led in the early part of the game.
Their enterprising display was rewarded in the 11th minute when Nemanja Motika crossed from the left wing, and the tall Ivan Durdov met the ball with his head at the near post, sending it into the net between two Koper defenders. Earlier, home goalkeeper Metod Jurhar made a good save from a long-range shot by Motika, but was powerless against a shot by Marko Brest, who was lucky that the ball just missed the post.
The dissatisfaction of Koper’s coach Oliver Bogatinov was evident as he made three substitutions at halftime! Among others, young striker Arman Durmiši came on, making his debut in the Telemach First League at just sixteen.
Despite the changes, Olimpija had no trouble with the unmotivated Koper, and in the 58th minute, they were centimeters away from another goal. Durdov again headed well from a Peter Agba cross, but the ball hit the post instead of the net. Immediately afterward, Jurhar made a fantastic save on the goal line from a powerful header by Diogo Pinto.
Koper remained pale and unmotivated for the rest of the game, managing only three shots by the time of the interruption, only one of which was on target. Olimpija was on their way to another win, and it was just a question of when they would secure it when, in the 88th minute, the blackout occurred! The players went to the locker rooms, and most of the spectators went home.
The interruption lasted almost 40 minutes, but the organizers managed to turn the floodlights back on. In the minutes following the resumption, the score remained unchanged. Dino Kojić, a young and hot Olimpija player, had a great chance to extend Olimpija’s lead, but his shot from a favorable position was inaccurate. Nevertheless, Olimpija earned three points, deservedly so based on their performance…
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