Slovenia’s juniors looking forward to a strong international tournament: Anton Žlogar also with six players earning their living abroad
In early September, the Slovenian national junior team will gather to participate in an international tournament on home soil, under the leadership of selector Anton Žlogar. The Slovenia Nations Cup 2023 will take place in Brežice and Ljubljana, and the juniors will play three matches. The opponents will be very interesting: 6. Slovenia will play Saudi Arabia on September 1, Mexico three days later, and Mexico on September 12. Iceland is added in September.
Today, Anton Žlogar revealed the list of players he will count on, including six players who are already earning their living abroad. Among others, Jaka Čuber Potočnik from Cologne has been invited, Luka Mlakar and Lovro Golič from Roma will be there, and Žlogar will also have a lot of talented guys from
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Slovenia Nations Cup 202 youth team: Miha Trdan (Pisa/ITA), Luka Mlakar (Roma/ITA), Lovro Golic (Roma/ITA), Jaka Čuber Potočnik (Cologne/NEM), Timotej Brkić (Mura), Tim Štrasberger (Koper), Rene Hrvatin (Koper), Kristjan Bendra (RB Salzburg/AVT), Kevin Benkič (Ilirija), Beno Selan (Bravo), Luka Kolar (Celje), Lucas Mačak (Celje), Lukas Hempt (Domžale), Vid Štefanec (Domžale), Luka Topalović (Domžale), Lukas Tomažič (Maribor), Luka Poredoš (Maribor), Riad Silajdžić (Maribor), Matej Malenšek (Radomlje), Arjan Malić (Ried/AVT), Matej Dvoršak (Olimpija), Dino Kojić (Olimpija), Aldin Jakupović (Olimpija).
“The Slovenia Nations Cup will be one of the last opportunities for the squad to get in shape before the U19 European Championship qualifiers in October. We are expecting three very tough matches against quality opponents, which is very welcome for us. There have also been some changes in the recruitment of players. We have also added a few boys born in 2006 to the list, who took part in this year’s European Under-17 Championship in Hungary. The move is also aimed at increasing competition between the boys, which can only make the team even better,” is for
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Football Association of Slovenia (NZS) website, selector Anton Žlogar said.
