Harsh blow for young Slovenes living abroad: Kras Repen is shutting down its youth academy; starting from the new season, it will only have senior and youth teams
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Kras Repen has been, in one way or another, the home to many young footballers who were indeed born in Italy but grew up with a strong touch of Slovenia. This mentioned club, where players like Etien Velikonja and Aleksandar Rajčević ply their trade at the senior level, provided them with shelter and offered the opportunity for football development, but soon there will be a drastic turnaround. For the worse, we might add. The club’s management has decided to more or less shut down the youth academy; from the next season onwards, they will only have a senior selection and a U19 team.
“The new sports reform demands the actual professionalization of many sports figures, from coaches to support staff and so on. Truth be told, this is too big a challenge even for Kras, so we have decided that from the next season, we will only have a senior team and a U19 team,” said the club president Goran Kocman to Primorski dnevnik. Unfortunately, what will follow is clear: many young footballers from six to seventeen years of age will be left without a club…
This is not the only change awaiting Kras Repen; they will also give up the use of the so-called Kras Arena, which has so far provided training facilities for the club’s players. “A few years ago, we decided on the football field in Opčine because we tried to relieve the sports center in Repen. We partially succeeded, but the maintenance costs are absolutely too high. I don’t know who could take all this burden; I must admit it’s not easy, neither financially nor logistically. The changing rooms and other facilities do not meet all safety requirements,” added Goran Kocman. One of the clubs reportedly interested in taking over the Kras Arena is also Triestina.
This text was automatically translated using AI.
Author: editorial Football Planet
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