Friendlies during the international break: Maribor salvaged Slovenian pride as the only team, while Domžale conceded as many as half a dozen goals
Photo: NK Maribor
Many Slovenian clubs also used the international break for friendly matches. Most of the top league teams faced opponents from neighboring Croatia, but it’s also true that most of them didn’t have their best day. Actually, the only one to uphold Slovenian honor was Maribor, who hosted HNK Gorica at Ljudski vrt and defeated them 2-1.
The Croats took the lead in the 14th minute through former Slovenian international Tim Matavž, but Maribor secured victory in the last 10 minutes of the match through goals from Žiga Repas and Marko Božić. Maribor’s lineup included Bergsen (61′ Doroshenko), Žinič (61′ Feta), Pihler (61′ Vidmar), Šoštarič Karič (33′ Laušić), Urata (61′ Strajnar), Vrhovec (46′ Lorber), Dizdarević (61′ J. Repas), Čuk (46′ Božić), Iličić (33′ Ž. Repas), Bourlès (61′ Barišić), Beugre (61′ Jakupović).
Olimpija took advantage of the free days to visit Sveti Martin na Muri, where they faced Croatian club Slaven Belupo. The Dragons couldn’t break their streak of poor results even in a friendly match, losing 0-1 this time. Ante Šuto scored the only goal of the match in the ninth minute. Olimpija started the match with Mauricio, Jorge Silva, Ristić, Muhamedbegović, Janković, Diogo Pinto, Fadida, Agba, Raul, Durdov, Ne. Motika, and also played Dvoršak, Sualehe, Ni. Motika, Karamatić, Posavec, Boultam, Doffo, Pedro Lucas, Kasa.
Celje, leading the Prva liga Telemach standings, played a 120-minute match at their stadium against NK Rudeš, who are currently bottom of the 1. HNL table. Despite this, the Zagreb side won 3-2. Both goals for Celje were scored by Sunday Adetunji. The lineup for Celje included Obradović, Dassena Ček, Zec, Vuklišević, Krefl, Kouter, Vrbanec, Svetlin, Aarons, Matko, Menalo, and also Jurhar, Džumhur, Adetunji, Edmilson, Bajde, Dulca, Prutsev, Popović, Beji. Interestingly, the third goal for Rudeš was scored by Karlo Špeljak, who plays for them on loan from Celje.
Domžale experienced a disaster, playing at Rujevica against Rijeka and losing 0-6. “At this moment, Rijeka, who are in incredible form, were definitely too strong an opponent for us. With the trip to Rijeka, we wanted to give the boys experience of European-level football. Unfortunately, we had a very narrow squad available as many boys are on international duty, and quite a few are injured or were rested as a precaution. We felt what it’s like to play against a team that is really solid and compact, and now we need to prepare for the next league match against Mura,” said Domžale coach Dušan Kosić after the heavy defeat on the club’s website.
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