Timi Max Elšnik stabbed Maribor after winning the title: ‘Before the game they said they were the best. We showed it on the pitch”
Four perpetual derbies in 2022/23, three wins
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. The Dragons also more than deservedly won the 152. billing z
Maribor
, which finally confirmed what was expected – the Slovenian national championship title for 2023. Olimpija has an unassailable 15-point lead over Maribor with five rounds to go. More than enough for a peaceful end to the season. And the crowning proof that Olimpija has been the best this season. This was also emphasised after the game by Timi Max Elšnik, the Dragons’ captain, who couldn’t help but stab the big rival.
“Before the game, the talk in the Maribor camp was that they were the best team in the country… But I think the answer has to be given on the field, and we have given it. On the pitch, we showed that we are the best. Three wins against Maribor this season… you know who the best team on Slovenian soil is this season. After five years, we have finally won the trophy again, this time with the help of an amazing crowd. It was crazy, the atmosphere was like a European match. That’s what you live and train for. A stone rolled away from my heart. Finally, we did it,” said Timi Max Elšnik with a smile on his face, who will lift the championship trophy in the air after the end of the last match against Celje.
He really didn’t expect this from Maribor
The Štajerska, who is temporarily working in Ljubljana, also touched upon this year’s eternal derby: “We have shown a mature performance. We were calm, you can only lose a game in the first half. Maribor had some pressure at the beginning, but we didn’t let them fool us. Then we regained control of the ball and David Sualehe’s goal helped a lot. But the second half… Maribor incomprehensibly moved into their own half and waited for us. I really didn’t expect that, because they had nothing to lose. Then we scored a second time to decide the game, but we could have scored another goal.”
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