The final act of the league season in the 1st SNL: At 3:00 PM, the battle for survival among the elite will begin, with Rogaška, Radomlje, and Aluminij at risk
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Someone will be happy. Someone will have to take a retest. Someone will mourn. That’s how it will be today in the Prva Liga Telemach, where the 36th, final round of the 2023/24 season will begin. The champion has been known for some time – Celje. It is also known that both Maribor and Olimpija are going to Europe. At the bottom, however, everything is still open. Three clubs, three matches, three different scenarios. In the battle to stay in the 1st SNL, it’s Rogaška (33 points), Radomlje (32 points), and Aluminij (31 points).
All three survival matches will kick off at 3:00 PM. Rogaška will visit struggling Mura, which desperately needs a financial injection, as the situation in the treasury worsens from week to week. Aluminij will clash with Domžale in Kidričevo, while Radomlje will host the champions from Celje at Kamniška Bistrica.
Such and different equations abound before the final part of the battle for the champion. But the basic facts are clear: if Rogaška wins, they will stay. If Radomlje also win, it won’t matter what happens in the Aluminij match. However, it’s also true that things could get complicated. A draw, a loss, and the drama will be complete. The outcome will be clear around 5:00 PM when the Prva Liga Telemach will definitively lose one of its members.
Pevnik: “Everyone in the club believes”
“We are preparing the team to isolate and distance themselves from the media, focusing solely on the match against Domžale. For us, only a win counts in the final round, and we must play a similarly high-quality match as we did against Rogaška. Our goal is clear, it’s a victory. Domžale are a very demanding opponent, and we face a tough match. To achieve our goal, we must be mentally well-prepared above all. If we play all 90 minutes as needed, I believe football will reward us. The team showed character against Rogaška, and this time, it will be important for whoever gets the chance to play, to do everything for the team again. It doesn’t matter who starts the match; what matters is team spirit. Both I and all the players and everyone in the club believe that things will end as we wish,” says Aluminij coach Robert Pevnik before the final round, in which his team enters as the last on the table.
In Rogaška Slatina, they stirred up the commotion before the match, saying they have information that Domžale will play their match with Aluminij using youth players. The yellow family admits that their motivation will undoubtedly be lower than that of the home team, but they will still do everything to play well and achieve a favorable result. It’s worth adding: even if Rogaška secures survival in the 1st SNL, it’s not impossible that we won’t see them among the elite. Rogaška still lacks a license, and it’s too early to speculate about what would happen if they didn’t get it. But it’s not impossible for the battle for survival to get an additional halftime…
Radomlje will bid farewell to Luka Cerar and Rok Jazbec, but whether they will also bid farewell to the elite remains to be seen. Darjan Slavic is doing his utmost to keep the millers among the elite, but the fact is that they haven’t been in brilliant form this spring. However, let the battle for survival begin. And let the one who deserves it the most emerge victorious…
This text was automatically translated using AI.
Author: editorial Football Planet