Opening matches of the spring in the Cadet League were won by guests: Olimpija, Bravo, Maribor and Celje were the winners
The last weekend of February also saw the Cadet National Championship come to life. Four matches were played on Saturday, and interestingly, the visitors won all four. The opening match of the 2023 Cadet League took place on the artificial turf pitch in Domžale, where the
Celje
defeated the hosts 2:0. The visitors scored within three minutes of each other: in 59. Alban Veselaj, Celje’s reinforcement from Maribor, was the first to score, and three minutes later Timotej Karapanja scored his fifth goal of the season to decide the winner.
Leading
Olimpija
was on the road in Novo mesto, where it beat Krka 2:1. For Jasmin Jeric ‘s squad, the Dragons’ top scorer Žan Kovačević scored from the 11th penalty spot and Žiga Pečjak, while Žiga Kolmanič scored for the home team after a successful shot from the white spot. The visitors also got a newcomer Svit Hočevar, who was brought in from Domžale by Olimpija during the winter transfer period.
Maribor hosted Gorizia and won 3:1. The crowd saw all the goals in the second half, when Patrik Roze and Niko Grlič scored twice for the visitors, and in the 93rd. Bine Valič only eased the home team’s defeat.
Five goals were scored in the match between Aluminium and second-placed Brav. The club from Kidričevo, for whom Žiga Kosar and Staš Kraner scored, led twice, but Kobi Bajc (11-metre penalty) and Rok Kopatin made sure that the visitors returned home with the win.
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