Edy Reja hasn’t sat on the Gorica bench yet, but he still led Novogorica to a big away win in Celje
The first match of the 25th round of the Telemach First League is played. Celje hosts
Gorica
and suffered a surprising defeat.
Edy Reja
won his first match as Gorica coach, although it is worth noting that the legendary expert has not yet sat on the bench of the club from Nova Gorica. The latter won the match 1:0, after the only goal of the match was scored by newcomer Luka Stankovski.
Luka Stankovski scored in the 49th minute. minute was enough for Gorica’s first win in 2023. What’s more, the squad taken over by Edy Reja a few days ago enjoyed its first league win in 10. last September! After that, Novogorica played 15 games and didn’t win even once! Not only did they notch their third win of the season against Celje, but the Primorje team also broke a string of four consecutive away defeats.
Gorica, led from the sidelines by assistants Florijan Debenjak, Saša Ranić and Aleksandar Rodić, also had goalkeeper Matevž Dajčar to thank for the win, who made some very good saves. Celjani were the better opponents in the first half and had a few chances, the best of which was wasted by Žan Karničnik, whose joy was denied by Dajčar.
Edy Reja decided to send Stankovski on immediately during the break, but Stankovski needed only four minutes to score the only goal of the game. After a nice action and a pass from Zvonimir Petrović, Stankovski sent the ball into the Celje net from a few metres. Gorica could extend their lead further. Damjan Vuklišević cleared the ball off the line after a shot by Dario Kolobarić, and Denis Cerovec even shook the frame of the Celje goal. The hosts, meanwhile, had a field advantage, but it was futile and in the end they had to accept defeat.
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