Maribor is a painful thorn in the side of Olimpija’s coach: Disappointed Zoran Zeljković honestly admitted that the guests at the Stožice Stadium deserved the victory
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He lost in Ljudski vrt, he also lost in Stožice – Zoran Zeljković described the defeat in the Styrian capital as the most painful in his career. What will he say when he wakes up after the failure in Stožice… But it started out dreamily. Zoran Zeljković jumped for joy after just a few minutes of play. In the end, he left the field with his head down. And dejected. But still honest; he admitted that Maribor deserved to win against Olimpija.
“We had chances to increase our lead, but we didn’t capitalize on them. However, that is by no means an excuse for losing possession so quickly. We were very poor in possession and unfortunately, I have to say that Maribor deservedly won. I am disappointed with the way we played. I don’t like to talk too much… We need to show it on the pitch and in these moments, I would like to see more boys who dare to play, who dare to retain the ball,” Zoran Zeljković said immediately after Maribor’s first victory in Stožice in long 1663 days and added: “During halftime, we said that we were standing too low. We didn’t keep the ball, consequently, we lost strength and a lot of effort was in vain.”
Disappointment upon facing the cameras was also evident in Matevž Vidovšek, who managed to save some shots but couldn’t prevent Olimpija’s defeat nonetheless. “In the first half, we controlled the flow of the game, in the second, that role belonged to them. The first conceded goal and the red card cut us off. It’s not easy to play in the eternal derby with one less player… We greatly slackened in defense. We stopped playing, we handed the initiative over to Maribor. After the goal, the guests raised their game, and after the red card, even more, and they attacked. We simply didn’t have the right idea, the moves, to come back,” Korošec, the goalkeeper of Olimpija, shook his head.
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