Maribor had enough in the first half for a stressful continuation: Bravo from 0:3 to 2:3, Marko Tolic shone for the visitors
The last round of the third quarter
Telemach First League
started in a spectacular way. Spodnji Šiška
Bravo
and Maribor, the spectators saw five goals and a 3:2 victory for the visitors. Maribor needed a scintillating nine minutes to score three goals in the first half, with Marko Tolić scoring the second goal and assisting on the first and third. The Croatian made his first statistical appearance of the year and recalled his performances from the autumn part of the season, when he was similarly unstoppable.
Despite Maribor’s big lead in the first half, they were shaky in the second half. Bravo in 51. and 60. The match was exciting and tense, with two goals in the final minute. However, the hosts prevailed and held on to second place in the standings. Meanwhile, Bravo played its 11th consecutive match without a win.
Luka Stork to the crossbar, then…
The Ljubljana team could have taken the lead after eight minutes when Luka Štor, a former Maribor player, sent the ball into the crossbar instead of into the net. What he failed to do, 21. Arnel Jakupovic. A deep pass from Marko Tolić put him in a great position to shoot, but the home goalkeeper Matija Orbanić was beaten for the first time. Arnel Jakupović celebrates his first goal for Maribor.
Just four minutes later, the score was 2-0. Marko Tolić started the action for the second goal. He passed the ball diagonally to Ivan Brnić, then ran past all Bravo defenders in front of the goal and found the perfect space to shoot. Brnić spotted him, passed it to him and … scored! Marko Tolić beats Orbanić with a header.
After half an hour, it was 3:0 for Maribor. Marko Tolić took a free kick from the right side, Matija Kavčič made a bad save in the penalty area, which Max Watson took advantage of and kicked the ball into the net from a few metres out. The referees took some time to look at the footage, but in the end they conceded the goal, despite the fact that it smacked of offside.
In the second half, a completely different story
Even though Bravo seemed to be overpowered, the Ljubljana team refused to give up and scored after only six minutes of the game. Martin Kramarič crossed the ball to Luka Štor, Luka Uskoković missed the ball with an unskilful intervention and the home striker scored the first goal for Bravo at the Spodnji Šiška Stadium after more than six hours of shooting stoppage time!
Nine minutes later it was 3:2 for Maribor. Kavčič crossed from the left wing in front of goal, and at the first goal-line, reserve David Flakus Bosilj jumped between two Maribor defenders and headed the ball behind the back of Ažbe Jug. Bravo had a few more promising chances before the end of the game, but they couldn’t take advantage of them and Maribor, despite playing with fire, came away with all three points.
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