Youth League sensation: last man beats first, Marcos Tavares Jr. confirms victory, Olimpija celebrates with new coach
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Slovenian Youth League
17th round matches were played. The latter started on Thursday, when the Bravo in Ljubljana, Slovenia – 4:0 Krko (goals scored by Tilen Kavčič, who beat his goalkeeper, Gašper Gaberšek Rotovnik, Senad Porić and Lan Hribar), and continued and finished on Saturday, when Marcos Tavares Jr. was among the scorers. The son of a Maribor legend did not play in the first round this season, but now he is back in the squad and contributed to the 3-1 win. Marcos Tavares Jr. scored his 11th goal of the season (he is the third top scorer in the league), while Patrik Katič and Tine Čuk scored for the home team and Matej Malenšek for the away team in the 3:1 win over Radomlje.
Olimpija played its first game after a change of coach. After the draw with Krka, Anton Usnik had to say goodbye and was replaced by Boštjan Miklič, the head of the youth team. The shock therapy did its job, the Dragons beat NK Brinje Grosuplje 2:0 in Jama. Marko Ristić scored the first goal and Matic Ivanšek the second.
Mura and Celje drew 1:1 in front of 100 spectators, with Jaka Domjan scoring for the home team and Luka Štravs scoring for the visitors. Gorica suffered a heavy defeat at home, beaten 3:0 by Domžale. Luka Topalović, Alen Bukovec and Lan Lekše were among the scorers.
A surprise happened in Lendava, where last-placed Nafta beat the leaders
Ilirija
. The hosts won 1:0, the hero of Nafta was Silvio Pigac, who successfully converted an 11th-minute penalty after half an hour. Koper hosted Aluminij at Bonifika and had to concede a 2-0 victory after Angelo Macanovic scored both goals.
Ranking after 17. circle: Ilirija and Maribor 34, Aluminij 32, Radomlje 29, Olimpija 28, Domžale and Celje 24, Bravo and Koper 23, Krka and Brinje Grosuplje 20, Mura 17, Gorica and Nafta 11.
Top scorers: 12 – Rok Štorman (Radomlje) and Jure Novak (Ilirija), 11 – Marcos Tavares Jr. (Maribor), 10 – Dino Kojić (Olimpija), 9 – Tilen Kovačič (Krka) and Patrik Katič (Maribor)…
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