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Šeško trained at full steam for the first time and saved the Slovenian goalkeepers
Author: Rok Viškovič 12 June 2023 20:09
Benjamin Šeško at today's training. PHOTO: Aleš Fevžer.
The Slovenian national football team, which is preparing for the continuation of the qualification for the 2024 European Championship, gathered again today after a two-day break and had an open training session in Stožice. Benjamin Šeško, who had some health problems, trained at full steam for the first time and dispelled fears that something was wrong with him.
After Saturday's training at Brdo pri Kranje, head coach Matjaž Kek gave two days off to the Slovenian footballers, who have had a busy season. They were able to hang out with family and friends without obligation until today's afternoon training in Stožice, which was open to the public and many children were present.
Not by chance, the Football Association of Slovenia organized a gathering of children with the best Slovenian football players through social networks, who gave their fans a few minutes of attention before the start of training and brightened up the holidays ahead of them. Most of the children watched the entire training session, which lasted a good hour and a half.
Slovenia will host Finland on Friday, and this week they will host the Danes in Stožice. A few hours before the match, it became clear that these were sold out. Interest in the Slovenian national football team, which after winning the first two matches at the top of qualifying group H, has once again grown to new heights.
"This is great. Now we have to do everything to keep it that way. It would be great if we could get a good result from Finland, and then beat the Danes with the help of the fans. We all believe that we can do it, and there have never been any problems with the atmosphere in the national team," said one of the more experienced and recently better players in the Slovenian national team before training. training .
Matjaž Kek gives instructions to the representatives. PHOTO: Aleš Fevžer.
The only thing missing is Miha Zajc
Of the 26 footballers called up by the selector for the June campaign, only Miha Zajc was missing from training , who became the Turkish Cup champion with Fenerbahce yesterday and will join the team today. Just before training, David Brekalo also joined the national team , who had club commitments yesterday and also scored in Viborg's victory in the Danish championship.
The former defender of Ljubljana Bravo was also the only one of the 25 players who trained according to the adapted program. This, of course, means that Benjamin Šeško , whose health problems have caused quite a bit of fear in the Slovenian football public, is also in full swing . Especially now that Slovenia is without the injured captain Jan Oblak , who, by the way, visited the national team a few days ago at Brdo pri Kranje and gave some encouraging words to his teammates.
Jan Oblak will most likely be replaced by Vid Belec. PHOTO: Aleš Fevžer.
He hit with his left and right foot, with his head...
The young star of RB Salzburg, who on the first day of next month, when his transfer to RB Leipzig will officially go through, will become the most expensive player in the history of Slovenian football, trained from the first minute to the last. Great news - it doesn't look like he's having any problems.
The 20-year-old, who has become the main striker of the Slovenian national team in the last year, shone especially in the opening part of training. He hit with his left and right foot, with his head, in the air and on the ground. He saved Slovenian goalkeepers Aljaž Ivačič , Matevž Vidovšek and Vid Belac , who - after this training session it is even more clear - will almost certainly be the one who replaces Oblak between the goals in June. Expected.
After the opening stretch, led by Kek's fitness coach Luka Brkljača , the team split into two parts. In one half, under the watchful eye of Milivoj Novaković, the soccer players who were supposed to take care of the goals practiced, while in the other, the work of those with more defensive duties was observed by Boštjan Cesar .
Sandi Lovrić under the watchful eye of the selector. PHOTO: Aleš Fevžer.
Outlines of the starting eleven
In the last part of the practice, the most interesting thing took place - the two-goal game. This gave the contours of the eleven that could run on the field of the stadium in Helsinki on Friday evening.
Jure Balkovec , Miha Blažič , Jaka Bijol and Žan Karničnik started in defense from left to right in the blue team . Adam Gnezda Čerin , Jon Gorenc Stankovič , Domen Črnigoj and Sandi Lovrić played in the middle , while Andraž Šporar played alongside Šeško in the attack. .
A few changes followed. First, Erik Janža , who returned to the national team, replaced Balkovac, Petar Stojanović Črnigoj, Vanja Drkušić Blažič and Žan Vipotnik Šporar. And finally, Jan Mlakar Lovrić and Tomi Horvat Stojanović.
The result? The football players in blue, who are supposed to represent the first category, justified their "title" and won with 3:0. Shooters? Andraž Šporar , Benjamin Šeško and Tomi Horvat , who scored shortly after entering the "game".
The most experienced representative, Jasmin Kurtić , who did not participate in the two-goal game, ended the training early , which does not mean that there is anything worse with him.
The football player from the Greek club Paok, who will almost certainly change clubs in the summer, is returning from a long-term injury that kept him out of action since last October, so he is still cautious when returning to the field.
Whether this means that he will not play in Finland, we do not know. It is clear, however, that if he starts from the first minute, he will almost certainly be the one to replace the absent Oblak in the role of captain. The selector has not yet announced the decision on who will be the captain in June to the players.
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