Celje celebrated in the last home match of the championship season 2023/24: Koper fell in the princely city, Aljoša Matko chases another trophy
Photo: Urban Lesjak
Beautifully filled stands, a diverse entertainment program, and to top it off, a victory – Celje played its last home match in the 2023/24 season and bid farewell to its audience in a worthy manner. In the princely city, Koper put up a good fight against the newly crowned national champions, but Aljoša Matko was an unsolvable puzzle for the Primorje region. The fast-footed striker scored two goals and was the man of the match, also climbing to the top of the goal scorers’ list alongside Arnel Jakupović from Maribor. The duo will battle it out in the final round for the title of the best scorer of the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije.
Celje took the lead in the 15th minute when Aljoša Matko initially missed a penalty kick, but the visiting goalkeeper Jan Koprivec (who started the match on the bench but, as is customary, replaced a teammate in the first minute, this time Jakob Vodan Jeclj) was unlucky after saving the shot. The ball bounced back to Matko, who didn’t miss the second time. The ball was in the net, and Celje was in the lead. Koper didn’t want to surrender, and in the 27th minute, the score was leveled. The hero of the visitors was Luka Vešner Tičić, who found himself well in Celje’s penalty area and, with a little too much distraction from the home defenders, managed to shoot near the right post. He struck the ball low, and Matjaž Rozman was beaten.
Celje secured the victory in the 75th minute when Ahmed Ankrah lost the ball under pressure from two home players in the middle of the field. Aljoša Matko got the ball in the middle of the field, dashed towards the goal like lightning, and eventually gathered enough strength for a routine shot past Koprivec. The Koper players protested and demanded a foul in the middle of the field; referee Martin Maroša reviewed the video for several minutes but eventually allowed the goal.
Towards the end of the match, Koper almost equalized through Wisdom Sule, but Matjaž Rozman intervened excellently. Just before that, the young Timothy Dassena Ček, a 17-year-old member of Celje’s cadet (!) team, was on the verge of a dream debut in the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije, hitting the crossbar with his first touch! Dassena Ček spent most of the season in the cadet league but debuted at the end of the season in both the Youth Eon NextGen League and the senior Prva liga Telekom Slovenije. Nevertheless, the score remained 2:1, and Celje celebrated another victory.
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