Maribor used Wednesday for a closed-door friendly: Boštjan Cesar made his debut on the bench with a big win
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Boštjan Cesar is counting down the days to his official debut on the Maribor bench, but he has already led the purple team once, albeit only in a friendly match. Maribor faced the club from neighboring Croatia behind closed doors at the Ljudski vrt stadium on Wednesday, as the local second-division team Jarun arrived in the Styrian capital. The purple team was significantly stronger than the Zagreb club, and Boštjan Cesar led his new team to a 4-0 victory.
Interestingly, the match was played in “complete secrecy,” with neither Maribor nor Jarun reporting on it. Nevertheless, Sportklub managed to obtain key details, revealing that goals for the member of Prva Liga Telemach were scored by Benjamin Tetteh, the summer newcomer who did not even make the squad under Ante Šimundža, Etienne Beugre, Maks Barišić, and Hillal Soudani, who has apparently recovered from his injury.
Boštjan Cesar will soon also record his official debut as the coach of Maribor, which will happen on Sunday when the most successful Slovenian club of all time visits Ljubljana. There, they will face Brav, but the match will not take place at Stožice, rather at ŽAK in Šiška.
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Author: editorial Football Planet