Celje stays in the race for the top of the Eon NextGen youth league, Gorica persists in poor form: the Primorje team goes without a win for the tenth time in a row
Saša Ranić (left) can't find a way out of the crisis Gorica's youngsters are in.
Once, even in Celje, competitors from Nova Gorica were envied for their results, successes, and achievements in youth football. However, times have changed; unfortunately for the Primorska side, the situation has worsened from their perspective. This year, the cadets and older boys from Gorica have been relegated from the top league, and at least for now, the youth teams are also on their way to the second league.
Gorica U19 sealed a streak of 10 consecutive winless matches on Wednesday in Celje. The team from Nova Gorica celebrated only in the first round, then in the following 900 minutes, they managed to collect just two points and suffered a total of eight defeats during this time. The next defeat in line was inflicted on Gorica by the young Celje players, who triumphed 1:0 in front of their home crowd.
Celje achieved its first home victory after three consecutive draws, and the hero of the club from the princely town was Anej Dorić. The former member of Rudar from Velenje scored the winning goal in the 65th minute, interestingly marking this as the first goal for the 17-year-old player in the Eon NextGen league, in which he has played nine matches so far.
The Štajerska team, who are fourth in the standings with four points behind the leading Domžale, started the match against Primorje with the lineup Kolar, Žužek, Vukelić, Kahvedžić, Dorić, Perković, Cvijetić, Karapandža, Arlič, Petrak, Gobec, while the substitutes were Kranjc, Čančar, Rizmal, and Šunjka. Saša Ranić, who leads the Nova Gorica team from the bench, although not listed as the coach in the official record, opted for the following 11: Pertovt, Malešević, Laščak, Lozej, Veličkov, Pišot, Batrićević, Camerotto, Goga, Lazar, Gleščič. Šturm and Štendler also played. Gorica is at the very bottom of the standings.
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Author: editorial Football Planet