Celjani beat Lokomotiva Zagreb, a Ukrainian also played: 23-year-old midfielder Artem Bilji in the jersey of the club from the capital of Cologne
Celjani
are currently in Kranjska Gora for preparations, but on Thursday they temporarily swapped Gorenjska for Ljubljana, where they played against Lokomotiva Zagreb at Kodeljev. The Slovenian side won the friendly 1-0, after the only goal of the match was scored by Croatian newcomer Karlo Špeljak, who has also played for the opponents in the past. Prišlek from Šibenik scored the only goal in 68. in the first minute, when he sent the ball into Lokomotiva’s net after a pass from Žan Karničnik.
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Celje line-up: Obradovic, Bilji, Nemanic, Zec, Ajhmajer, Kouter, Bandaogo, Matko, Bobicanec, Bizjak, Ikwuemesi. Rozman, Džumhur, Vuklišević, Ljutić, Karničnik, Zabukovnik, Vrbanec, Mačak, Špeljak, Bajde.
As can be seen from the post published by Celje on its
club website
, a player who is not (yet) a member of the yellow-blues has also donned the jersey of the Styrian first league team. Artem Bilji, a 23-year-old central midfielder from Ukraine who last played in Latvia, where he was a teammate of Niko Kapun at Liepāja, is on trial in Celje. He joined the latter in January, having previously been in Armenia, where he wore the jersey of Van. Artem Bilji is a child of Zorje, but on home soil he has also played for Vorskla and Metalist from Harkiv, among others.
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