The Slovenians in the Europa League: Both Horvat and Gorenc Stanković, as well as Šporar and Gnezda Čerin, suffered defeats (no more chances for advancement)
In the Europa League, Slovenian footballers were in action on Thursday. At home in Graz, Sturm suffered a significant defeat against Polish team Rakow with a final score of 0:1, thereby closing the door for advancing to the knockout stage of the competition. Both Tomi Horvat and Jon Gorenc Stanković, who recently extended his contract with the Austrian top-flight club, started the mentioned match in the home team’s starting eleven.
Despite some serious opportunities, viewers at the Merkur Arena didn’t see any goals in the first half of the game. In the 54th minute, Horvat took a dangerous shot from quite a distance, but Vladan Kovačević made a save. Horvat concluded his performance in the 72nd minute when he made way for Otar Kiteishvili. The shock for the home team came nine minutes before the end of regular time when substitute John Yeboah, utilizing Jean Carlos Silva’s assist, secured the victory for his team. If the Styrians want to advance to the knockout stage of the Conference League, they’ll need to ensure they earn fewer points than Rakow in the final round or maintain a better goal difference.
Also, without a chance to advance was Panathinaikos, who visited Spain. Villarreal was leading 3:0 in front of their fans, later conceding two goals but still managed to triumph and progress. It ended 3:2 for the home team. Both Andraž Šporar and Adam Gnezda Čerin started for the guests, both being substituted in the second half. Šporar was replaced after an hour, Gnezda Čerin in the 75th minute. Benjamin Verbič was not listed to play in Europe for PAO.
Apparently, Slovenian referees are destined for Toulouse this season since after Rade Obrenović, now Matej Jug officiated in the home game against the Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise. The referee from Tolmin was supported on the field by Matej Žunič and Manuel Vidali, with Martin Matoša as the fourth official. Nejc Kajtazović and Asmir Sagrković assisted the mentioned quartet from the VAR room. The match was calm; there wasn’t much work, ending with a 0:0 score.
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Author: editorial Football Planet
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