Slovenian Football Federation sets the referee for the eternal derby in Ljudski vrt: Maribor and Olimpija will be refereed by David Šmajc
David Šmajc, a referee from Kranj, is the referee who will have the main say in the upcoming eternal derby between the
Maribor
and Olimpija. The two old rivals will face each other on Sunday, Matchday 22. Circle First League Telemach at the Ljudski vrt stadium kicked off at 15. hours.
David Šmajc, who has 65 games in the Telemach First League, has refereed Olimpija 17 times (the Dragons won 10 times) and Maribor 14 times (8 wins).
This will not be the first ever derby for the Gorenjska man, he has refereed two derbies in the past, both of which were played in Ljudski vrt. In October 2021, the Štajerska and the Ljubljanaers drew 0-0, and last August Olimpija won 2-0 in the fourth round of the current season. Svit Sešlar and Timi Max Elšnik scored for Olimpija.
Šmajc will be assisted by Matej Žunič and Tomaž Klančnik as side referees, Mihael Antić as fourth referee and Nejc Kajtazović and Aleksandar Matković as VAR-room referees.
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