Mura start life after Dejan Grabić with a win: the Black and Whites, led by Darjan Slavic, win 3:1 in Koper
When the bus was ready for the journey to the Coast, the
Mura
delivered the news that was really expected, but no one expected it anyway. Not on match day. Not after Dejan Grabić explained how he would tackle
Koper
and how he believes his team will break the run of poor results at Bonifika. And that’s what happened. But not because of Grabić. Mura played in Koper under the leadership of Darjan Slavic, who lifted up the psychologically rather worn out army of football players to such an extent that Mura, after two consecutive defeats, finally got their first win of the new season.
Whether Mura’s victory against Koper is a result of the work Dejan Grabić has been doing so far, or the team simply relaxed because the previous coach left, would be interesting to see. Well, what is true is that Mura celebrated, and they did it with a good performance. Whatever went wrong in the two rounds before, it didn’t bother Mura too much this time. The visitors from Murska Sobota took the lead in the eighth minute, when Žiga Kous and Dardan Shabanhaxaj combined nicely, and finally the latter’s shot from the edge of the penalty area was beautifully deflected by Jan Koprivec. V 33. In the first minute, young Nikola Jovićević headed a cross from a corner and Koper equalised a few minutes after the start of the second half.
Maks Barišić got a shot off after a nice action on the left side of the penalty area, and he put the ball behind Klemn Mihelak’s back, but it has to be admitted that it was actually with the help of the visiting defender. The ball hit Rok Jurišić and changed the direction of the flight just enough to put Mihelak on the wrong foot. V 61. Mura rejoiced again in the first minute, after Nikola Krajinović played a handball in the Kopor penalty area and Amadei Maroša, a returnee to the Prekmurje dressing room, scored from the white spot.
Futile statistical superiority of Koper
Mura sealed the victory 20 minutes before the end of the match when Jurišić headed a corner into the first net. Matic Maruško extended the ball to the other side of the penalty area with a header, and then Borna Prolet scored from close range to celebrate his debut in the black and white jersey.
Statistically speaking, Koper was much better than Mura in this match. Zoran Zeljkovic’ s squad had the ball for more than 60 percent of the possession. She also unleashed an incredible 27 shots, nine of which were on target (Mura 11-6). It also had several corners, but what counts in the end are the goals. Mura scored three. And, clearly, it won.
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