First part of the last action of the 2022/23 season: Aluminij and Gorica will play for a place in the Telemach First League in Kidričevo
The 2022/23 season is just around the corner, we just have to wait for the outcome of the additional qualifiers for the last place in the
Telemach First League
. The opening match of the play-offs will be played in Kidričevo against Aluminij, who finished the regular season in second place 2. SNL, and Gorica, who were penultimate in 1. SNL. The match will kick off at 20.15, admission will be free and the referee will be Slavko Vinčić from Maribor.
The return leg will take place on Sunday, kick-off in Nova Gorica at 17:30.
“Qualification is a heavy burden. We lost once against Sežana, when the pressure was immense. It won’t be easy. I know some of the players who have played in the first league for Maribor and Aluminij well,“, Gorica goalkeeper Uroš Likar, who shone in last weekend’s decisive game against Tabor for a place in the extra qualifiers, told the Fan Zone ahead of the first match. Likar added to Primorske novice: “It is better to play the first game away, but we should not be too calculating. We are going to Kidričevo to win.”
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One of the key men of Aluminija, led by Robert Pevnik, will be Nik Marinšek, who played in 2. He scored 21 goals, was his team’s top scorer and the second most efficient player in the league. “Gorica is the favourite, and that suits us. They are the ones who ‘have’ to win, but we will be able to enter the meeting more relaxed. But that doesn’t mean anything, we have to be real, we have to go for it, we have to follow the coaches’ instructions to the letter, the whole locker room thinks we can do it and that’s what we have to show on the field,” is for
club website
said Nik Marinšek.
Brave but not stupid
Robert Pevnik added before the showdown with the Roses: “We have done a good analysis of Gorica, we will prepare well, all thoughts are on the first match we have to play. I believe that with good support from the stands, we can surprise Gorica. They have individual quality, they have a good team, but we have shown that we can play with top players. We need to find a new passion, a new motivation for the last two games. We need to be brave, not stupid. We have to play with heart and prove that we belong in the Telemach First League.”
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