Our team lost in yesterday’s friendly game in Slovenia from NK Slaven Belupo by 4-2. The game was held in the city of Stojnci, 10 kilometers away from the hotel that the team is staying in.
Mr. Shpilevski lined up two teams of eleven, wanting to test various shapes, but also to see the readiness of some footballers who missed part of the preparation for various reasons. Hard and persistent workouts are certainly factors that play an important role in these friendlies.
In the first half, Aris had the superiority and left no space for the Croatians to create dangerous situations in front of the goalkeeper Michalis Papastylianou. The 2-0 for Aris, which was also a half-time score, was the picture shown by the 2 teams. In the second half, our coach made 10 substitutions, wanting to for some players to rest, but also to give all the players more minutes of participation. Naturally, this affected the image of the match, since the Croatians managed to turn the game and win 4-2. Note that the championship in Croatia starts on July 15 and Slaven is clearly more ready to play than our team.
The goals of our team were scored by Karol Struski and Yannick Gomis.
Next friendly game today is against Aris Thessaloniki.
