Celje football players are not giving up at all and remain firmly at the top of the table. In the opening match of the 14th round of the First League, they beat Domžale 3:1.
The people of Celje were looking forward to their fourth consecutive victory. For most of the match, they completely outplayed the visitors from Domžale, who lost for the fourth time in the last five matches. The people of Celje wasted many opportunities and had a huge field advantage (16:3 shots, 9:2 on goal), so the guests were in the game for at least a point for a long time.
Great superiority of Celje in the first halfThe Celje footballers, who were missing the suspended Nino Koutra and the injured Matjaž Rozman, Aljoša Matk and Matic Vrbanec, managed to score two chances in one attack after just over a minute. First, Tamar Svetlin hit the crossbar, and then Jegor Prucev shot from the first and sent the ball a little too high. In the 3rd minute, after a pass from the left, Julien Lamy missed from close range.
Vuklišević skillfully shook the net with a volleyThe home players continued to dominate and create campaigns. In the 19th minute, they won a corner, after which the guests saved themselves on the goal line. A few seconds later, at the beginning of the 21st minute, Damir Krznar’s team took the lead. Damjan Vuklišević volleyed the ball into the net after a nice pass from Milić.
In the 38th minute, the people of Domžal, who have major problems with injuries, especially in defense, got the first shot, but Jošt Pišek was quite inaccurate.
Stuparević equalized after a big mistake from BobičancImmediately after the start of the second half, Prucev tried again. The residents of Domžal established a balance on the green and got into the penalty area of the home line a few times. They surprisingly equalized in the 66th minute. Luka Bobičanec made a big mistake, he gave the ball to Filip Stuparević, who penetrated into the penalty area and from the right side threatened goalkeeper Matko Obradović, who made a poor intervention.
Popović accurate from eleven metersImmediately after the tie, Celje’s dominance continued. In the 72nd minute, the referee Božo Kondić looked at the video on the sideline after Lukas Hempt stopped the ball with his hand in the penalty area. He immediately pointed to the white dot. Returning from injury, Denis Popović was a reliable performer, although goalkeeper Tratnik threw himself in the right direction.
Let him confirm the victory In the 87th minute, Luka Topalović had only one chance to equalize, but this time Obradović proved himself. In the penultimate minute, the people of Celje confirmed the victory. After a pass from Popović, Gregor Bajde scored from close range for the final 3:1. The referee raised the flag, but the video referee confirmed that the attacker was not in a prohibited position.
In the 15th round, a derby between the leading teams awaits Celjani. Next Sunday at 15:00 they will host Olimpija.
14th round: CELJE – DOMŽALE 3:1 (1:0)700; Vuklišević 21., Popović 74./11-m, Bajde 89.; Stuparević 66.
Goals: Obradović, Milić, Vuklišević, Zec, Karničnik, Zabukovnik, Svetlin (65./Popović), Bobičanec (92./Nemanič), Prucev (80./Dulca), Lamy (65./Bizjak), Edmilson (80./Bajde ).
Regrets: Tratnik, Offenbacher (63./Đapo), Hodžić, Hempt, Brecl, Markuš (85./Marasović), Pišek (63./Tolić), Topalović, Šturm, Stuparević, Krstovski (74./Perc; 85./Černe) .
Judge: Božo Kondić (Ljubljana)
Saturday at 5:30 p.m.: KOPER – BRAVO
At 20.15: MARIBOR – ROGAŠKA
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.: KALCER RADOMLJE – MURA
At 17.30: OLYMPIA – ALUMINUM
Lestvica: CELJE 13 10 2 1 31:11 32 KOPER 12 7 4 1 22:11 25 OLIMPIJA 12 7 2 3 28:19 23 BRAVO 12 6 2 4 19:17 20 MARIBOR 12 5 2 5 18:14 17 MURA 12 4 2 6 15:22 14 KALCER RADOMLJE 12 3 3 6 12:17 12 DOMŽALE 13 3 2 8 17:24 11 ALUMINIJ 12 3 1 8 15:22 10 ROGAŠKA 12 2 2 8 7:27 8
Source: Rtvslo
