Koprcans reliably into the finals are waiting for one of the favorites

Koper is the first finalist of the Slovenian Cup. The football players of the coach Slavis Stojanovic They beat Bravo in the semifinals on the home playground in Bonifica 3-0. In the finals, they will compete with the winner of tomorrow’s derby between Celje and Olympia (6pm). The Primorians did most of the work in the first half, scoring three goals. Two Tomi Jurićthe first Omar El Manssoouri. The finale will be on May 14, the winner will secure a European ticket.

For the sixth time in history, the Koprcans made it to the finals of the Cup competition. So far, they have been celebrated four times, most recently in the 2021/22 season, when in the finals they defeated today’s rival from Ljubljana. For Bravo, the finale remains the only one, not even close to progressing to the last podium of this competition.

The Bonifica duel began with some not exactly dangerous shots from afar. Victor Gidado sent the ball past the door in the second minute, in the fourth, El Manssour only warmed the hands of the goalkeeper of the Ljubljana goalkeeper, and on the other hand he did similarly six minutes later Jakoslav Stankovic.

Nevertheless, Koper was increasingly convincing in the attack, but at the end of the 15 minutes. After a long siege of the door is after a pass Denis Popovic El Manssoours came to the head of the head and sent the ball past the helpless Orbanic.

Just a few minutes later, the Koprcans had a penalty shoot. Fran Tomek he played on the edge of the penalty area, then sang along the leg of Stankovic. Referee David Šmajc He pointed to a white dot, they also confirmed this in the VAR room, and Jurić reliably hit the leadership.

With the exception of a few shots from afar, spectators in Koper had to be 40 minutes. Juric is after a nice play Chamila mansery again defeated Orbanic, so to speak, decided the question of the winner in the first half.

In the second part, the guests then had more than the game, but they were not particularly dangerous, while on the other hand, the unsuccessful counterattack was also much more satisfied with the counterattack. In 67 minutes, he should have responded better at the door Gasper Jovanbut shot badly, which in turn did not pose a problem for the goalkeeper The method of jurhar.

Ahmed Sidibe was prevented by Brava in the 77 minutes after he made a brilliant shot just before the shot of the reservist Taisa Sabotićwho was alone at Jurhar’s door. Another reservist Venuste Baboula was triggered a little over the door in the 82nd minute.

For a few minutes, the home team then had to play with the ten after Tomek received a second yellow card in the 87 minutes and had to get under the shower early. This had no more influence on the final outcome, as Koper also defended after the end of 90 minutes after the shot Mateja Poplatnik from close proximity.