Olimpija celebrates despite long journey from Azerbaijan: Dragons spoil Mura fans’ birthday party in Fazanerija
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Mura fans celebrated their 32nd birthday on Sunday. In the meantime, Mura’s players could give them the best possible gift – a victory over their rivals from Ljubljana. But this was not the case.
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spoiled the home fans’ celebration in Fazanerija. Despite playing a European match on Thursday and then returning home with a regular line-up, the Dragons had enough strength in their legs to beat their rivals, who suffered their fourth defeat of the season. Olimpija won 3-1 after goals by Rui Pedro, Timi Max Elšnik and Mustafa Nukić.
Mura has suffered four league defeats this season, three of them on home soil. The Black and Whites resisted Olimpija for some time, but in the end they still won big. It could have been even higher if Klemen Mihelak hadn’t played a great game in goal. Many other Mura players played much worse, making schoolboy mistakes and making it easier for the visitors to win.
Rui Pedro scores for Olimpija and assists for Mura
Olimpija took the lead in 20. Rui Pedro converted Ivan Posavec ‘s cross into a goal in the first minute of the second half, after a goalless draw in the home defence. It was the Portuguese who then contributed the lion’s share to Mura’s equaliser. Rui Pedro crosses the ball awkwardly from the right wing in front of his own goal, where it is intercepted by Amadeus Maroša. The home striker spotted Dardan Shabanhaxhay, who ran into an empty space and with a precise shot, denied Matevž Vidovšek.
Olimpija scored the second goal of the match in the 66th minute. Timi Max Elšnik converted an 11th-minute penalty. Before that, Žan Trontelj had knocked down Posavec in his own penalty area, and the decision to shoot from the white spot was more than correct. The visitors, who also offered a debut to newcomer Mark Brest, won in 85. Mustafa Nukić sealed the game in the final minute, his goal was the crowning proof of how poor Olimpija’s defence was this time. Mihelak, one of the few bright spots for the home team, made two good defences in one attack, but in the other, a lone Nukić came to a deflected ball a few metres from the goal and had no problem scoring. There were four Mura players around Nukić, no one could stop him…
Olimpija scored their fourth league win of the season in Fazanerija, four points behind Celje in second place in the Telemach First League standings. Mura is still on two wins and four defeats, six points behind in sixth place.
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