Legendary Saša Jakomin revived memories of the time when he shared a locker room with Josip Iličić on the Coast: “He took two years of our lives”
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Saša Jakomin is a living legend of football on the Coast. He kicked the ball until his 50th birthday and bid farewell with two goals in his final match. The Primorec left the greatest mark wearing the Koper jersey, but many do not know that he also played for another club from this port city. NK Bonifika no longer exists, but it was once considered a quite ambitious club. Among others, its jersey was worn by Josip Iličić, who played for Bonifika after leaving his hometown of Kranj and before moving to Ljubljana to join Interblock.
“He was often late for training. When asked where he had been, he would reply that he overslept. But he had something more. A true maestro. I warned him not to end up like Edis Čaušević (former great hope of Koper football, unfortunately deceased, he passed away in 2011, ed.). He had a left foot of the gods, but he was lazy, so he didn’t achieve much. Fortunately, Jojo (Josip) made a click at Bonifika back then,” Saša Jakomin recently said in an interview for Sportal, who also tried his luck in Germany and Austria, and once wore the jersey of the Slovenian national team.
The retired striker from the Coast regarding Josip Iličić, who has recently been impressing again in the Maribor jersey, added: “When I met him next time, he was already a member of Palermo. I heartily congratulated him and told him that he took two years of our lives, and now he’s in Serie A and dribbling past Totti. Truly amazing. We were very proud of him.”
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