After the performance of our national team in Croatia, a bitter taste remained due to the defeat, but some insights also encourage optimism before the League of Nations.
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This is how Andraž Šporar beat Dominik Livaković. PHOTOS: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Vacation time has come for the Slovenian national football team. It will not be among the 48 national teams that will play at the World Cup in North America in the coming days. But the story was wasted last year and now before the chosen line of Boštjan Cesar, who officially succeeded Matjaž Keko upon entering the calendar year 2026 – the latter was presented yesterday in Kvarner as the new coach of Rijeka football players -, there is a chapter in the desire to return Slovenia to a major football competition. Judging by what was seen in Varaždin, where home Croatia beat our team 2:1 (Modrić 51., Mario Pašalić 90.+3; Šporar 83.), the foundation promises an encouraging springboard. https://www.delo.si/sport/nogomet/cesarjevi-fantje-na-spektaklu-v-varazdinu Defeat in sports can never bring a smile to your face, but defeats cause each other…















