Koper set the following precedent for “bending the rules”: a 17-year-old started the match against Rogaska and was substituted in the first minute!
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True. Everything was in accordance with the rules. Koper vs Rogaška had enough home-grown players. A player who meets the criteria to play for the national team of Slovenia under-21 also started the match. But… But let’s be honest: Koper played badly with the rules no matter what of the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS) and, above all, took advantage of a teenager who made his debut in the Telemach First League, but – believe it or not – stayed on the pitch in Rogaška Slatina for less than a minute!
Safet Hadžić, the new coach of Koper, has included in the starting eleven for the match against Rogaska a player who has played in 1. He has never played in the SNL. Luka Žavbi took his place in the middle of the pitch, touched the ball in the first minute, successfully passed and… went to the bench! Instead of the talented 17-year-old, who many football experts also believe shows a lot of promise, 21-year-old Croatian Gabriel Groznica has been brought in. Which is only on loan to Koper…
The SofaScore statistical website is not yet at a level to calculate how much Kopar’s chances of winning have increased at that moment, but… Not much, we are sure. With all due respect to young Grozny, Hadžić did not send Messi or Ronaldo into the game after all. But without the slightest doubt, he pulled a move that is indeed in line with the rules, but is also… shameful. To Slovenian football, to all young footballers and especially to the boy who became the infamous record holder. No one in Slovenia was replaced so quickly on his debut…
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Author: editorial Football Planet