Edy Reja will favour young players in Gorica’s attack, but… Famous coach sees Etien Velikonja as the ideal bench joker
Gorica
on Thursday scored an extremely important victory in the battle to stay in the
Telemach First League
and Etien Velikonja contributed to three points. The experienced striker started the match in Sežana on the substitutes’ bench and coach Edy Reja sent him on at the start of the second half. And he hit the bull’s-eye. Velikonja immediately started the action, which led to the only goal of the game. The former Maribor player passed the ball from the left wing and Dario Kolobarić kicked the ball into the net in front of the goal.
Edy Reja admitted out loud after the game that he will get more opportunities from younger strikers, but he still sees Velikonja as a player who could help Gorica a lot.
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“I have five strikers. And of course everything needs to be checked… Etien Velikonja did well this week, so he was sent to the game,“, explained Edy Reja after the 1:0 win over Tabor and was very honest: “Etienne is not as young as the others, that’s a fact. And it’s also a fact that it’s better to put younger players in the game. But when the intensity drops, Velikonja can give us a lot more than he would have if he had been on the green from the start..”
The 34-year-old Velikonja has played 18 games for the club this season, scoring four times, and is still the club’s top scorer, although he has only played in two games this year.
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