Celje 2:0 up with a man down, but… Krka get a surprising point in the Eon NextGen league with two goals from Niki Radovic
The start of the new season in the Eon NextGen league is not going as planned for the youth team of NK Celje. Although the experts are unanimous in their opinion that the Celjans have one of the best line-ups in the youth championship, coach Simon Sešlar is still looking for a winning formula. Celje has won only twice in its opening six games and is only seventh in the standings. They are six points behind the leader Mura.
Celje was away in Novo mesto this time, where the Counts of Portoval really didn’t go as planned. Sešlar scored in the sixth minute of the match against
Krka
was down to ten men after goalkeeper Jakob Kobal received a red card. Despite being down a player, Nikola Ilinčić (40th minute) and Domen Justinek (48th minute) gave the Štajerska team an advantage that seemed to be enough to win the game. But this was not the case.
V 57. and 64. Niki Radovič struck the away net twice in the first minute (first from the white spot) to end the match 2:2. Krka remained undefeated for only the second time in the season, and despite the one point, they are still last in the standings.
Mura leads, Domjan top scorer
The hosts – coached by Matej Škrbec – started the game with Žaja, Mitič, Milanović, Kovačič, Gliha, Gabrovec, Pirc, Radovič, Miočić, Sečen, Barborič, Sotlar, Jarkovič, Kolmanič, Božič and Meze. Sešlar sent the line-up of Kobal, Ilinčić, Justinek, Sitar, Šelih, Perković, Turinek, Džumhur, Kahvedžić, Arlič, Jevšenak, with Kolar, Kujović and Kerezović also playing.
With Saturday’s matches at The seventh round of the Eon NextGen League has finished in Dolenjska region, all results are as follows:Gorica – Bravo 2:2, Radomlje – Domžale 4:7, Aluminij – Nafta 2:0, Olimpija – Rudar Velenje 0:2, Maribor – Ilirija 1:0, Koper – Tabor 5:1, Krka – Celje 2:2, Brinje Grosuplje – Mura 2:2.
Mura (7 matches) 15, Koper and Radomlje 12, Domžale 11, Maribor and Olimpija 10, Celje 9, Brinje Grosuplje (5 matches) 8, Aluminij, Bravo (5 matches) and Tabor 7, Ilirija, Nafta (7 matches) and Rudar Velenje 6, Gorica 5, Krka 4.
Top scorers: 6 – Jaka Domjan (Celje), 5 – Marcos Tavares Jr. (Maribor), Hanan Duraković (Radomlje), 4 – David Šćira (Radomlje), Matej Malenšek (Radomlje), Vid Štefanec (Domžale), Enej Šarlah (Koper)…
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