Koper with one man down lasted more than one half: Mura failed to take advantage of numerical superiority, Bonifiki ended goalless
Ahmed Sidibie is sent off before the end of the first half. Photo: Nik Moder / Sportida
The opening Sunday match of the last round of the first quarter of the season in the Telemach First League took place in Koper, where home team Mura faced off. The match ended as it began—0:0. Interestingly, the visitors from Murska Sobota were unable to capitalize on the fact that they played with one less player for 50 minutes after Ahmed Sidibie received a second yellow card for a handball before halftime and had to leave the pitch early.
To claim that we witnessed a football feast at Bonifika would be a lie. A telling statistic is that Sandi Nuhanović became the first player in the 63rd minute to put a shot on target! Did both goalkeepers face serious challenges throughout the match? Not at all. It seemed that Koper and Mura could have played until the evening without finding the back of the net. While the second half was significantly more entertaining than the first, the players still showed too little for the spectators to see even a single goal.
Mura also had some luck
Promising attacks could be counted on one hand. For the home side, Nikola Burić shot wide in the first half, while on the other side, Diogo Bezerra initially ran toward the Koper goal but was too slow and awkward to finish, and on his second attempt, he shot too poorly to threaten Metod Jurharja. Nuhanović’s shot caused little panic in front of Koper’s goal, while the home team had some promising counterattacks, but selfishness and a lack of ideas prevailed in those moments.
The closest to scoring came in the 75th minute when Isaac Matondo, a former young international for France, had two completely unmarked shots on the Koper goal from the left side of the penalty area. Both attempts were poor, with Matondo kicking the ball twice into Florijan Raduho. Mura also had some luck; Matondo indeed had two excellent opportunities in succession… In the 85th minute, Metor Jurhar also shone after Nuhanović took a shot from over 30 meters, but the Koper goalkeeper, who has been in very good form this season, could not be beaten.
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