The unusual story of a talented Maribor player: Marko Šuler rejected by Empoli, now Gal Gorenak has to prove himself in 2. SNL
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Aluminij played their last game of the year on Friday. Kidričevo played at home against Rogaška, lost and slightly increased the gap to the leading club
2. SNL
. No matter what, Styrians will be able to ring in the New Year in good spirits. The elite, from which they were relegated this year, is still more than within reach. Gal Gorenak is also to blame for this. The 19-year-old midfielder was only introduced to the Slovenian public when he made his debut in the Maribor national team rather suddenly and immediately drew attention to himself.
Gal Gorenak plays his first game for
Maribor
played for Maribor just over a year and a half ago, when he was still a youngster and got his chance against Koper. “There was no doubt in my mind that I would put him in the game. All the characteristics he has indicate that he has great talent and potential. I will do my best, which is not just a phrase, to give the boy the best possible conditions to progress, but we have to be careful when and how. Maribor will have a young great player again, I am sure of it. You will hear more about it,“, Saša Gajser, Maribor’s head coach at the time, emphatically said.
Only played 26 minutes after his debut
Gorenak’s star shone brightest on the Slovenian football stage 18. last July, when he scored his first and so far only goal for Maribor in the first round of last season. He played so well in that match that he was also included in the ideal 11 of the round.
of the Telemach First League
. At that moment, it really seemed that Gajser’s words would become flesh. That Maribor finally has a local boy in Gorenak, who will become something more. But after that goal, Gal Gorenak played only 26 minutes for Maribor. He sat on the bench a couple of times, was absent a couple of times, and only played once more after his debut. And in less than half an hour.
Today, playing in Ljudski vrt is becoming a distant memory for Gorenak. Still a teenage midfielder, he is far away from the main football stage in our country. But at least it’s a game. He made 12 appearances for Aluminij in the first part of the current season, spending 565 minutes on the pitch. When Šuler sent him to Kidričevo, he was emphatic: “He joined his new teammates with the aim of playing a successful season and returning to Ljudski vrt with valuable competition experience.”
Words that he is too important for Maribor
It will be interesting to see whether Gal Gorenak, who “had to” return to Ljubljana to join Ilirija as a loan player last season, will really return to Maribor. Just as the question arises why Šuler sent him to Aluminij to toughen up if he had previously rejected an offer from Italy. According to our reliable information, Gorenak wanted to take him to the Apennine peninsula.
Empoli
, where Petar Stojanović plays. The club from Tuscany presented their offer to Maribor, but Šuler (allegedly) rejected it, saying that Gorenak was too important for Maribor to go elsewhere. Today he plays for Aluminij in the second league…
It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the young midfielder. For now, his reality is Aluminij. Knowing that he is still contractually bound to Maribor for another year and a half. Whether this is a good or a bad thing, of course, no one knows at the moment. Although it looks more and more like Gorenak will become the next local boy who will have to look elsewhere for his fortune. This is also something we are used to in Maribor.
This text was automatically translated using AI.