The Slovenian national team showed a good reaction after the loss in Switzerland, introducing a new playing system and changing the formation, but in the end this was not enough to achieve the goal, the victory over the Kosovo national team.
How did Slovenian coach Matjaz Kek see the match in Kosovo? He was impressed by the performance in the second half, but the final blow – the goals – was missing. Slovenia continued to press hard and look for a goal that would put them in a much better position, but the ball never wanted to enter the Kosovo net, which this time did not show much in the attacking phase.
“I can’t shake the feeling, especially after the second half, that we dropped two points tonight. In the first half, there were some other mistakes, technical, poor passing. Maybe a little nervousness, a new system and all that, but in the rest of the game we completely dominated and had chances,” Kek initially said after the match.
“In a game where one move, one goal can decide, you have to score. In terms of momentum, determination and confidence, tonight was good. We calmed down the heated atmosphere that was warned about, but points matter and it feels like we lost two.”
“I said after Switzerland that we were very weak. In these two, three days that we were together, the boys reacted well. We prepared some new things and they reacted well, also the fresh blood – the substitutions added a new impulse and that was also good, but we lack a bit of bloodlust when we get the chance.”
How did coach Kek see Kosovo’s performance?
“We prepared well for Kosovo, we were also tactically confident. It’s a shame about the missed opportunities, but they just waited and played to zero,” the Slovenia coach concluded. /Telegraph/