THE FIGHT GOES ON. DOBOVEC PIVOVARNA – FUTURENET MARIBOR 4:2

As we expected, the fight in the futsal league will be very tough. In the first match of the final series, FutureNet Maribor lost to Dobovec Pivovarna Kozel 2:4, but the hosts had to work hard to score the win.

In February 2019, Dobovec Pivovarna was the host of previous game against FutureNet Maribor. Then the rival was better and won 6:1. That’s why the fans of FutureNet Maribor were a little bit affraid that this result might be repeated once again. But they can’t be more wrong. In the first game of final series, our team proved its quality and also mental strength.

FutureNet Maribor scored the first goal of the match when Matej Fidersek put his name into the scorers’ list in the 5th minute. Ten minutes later Ziga Ceh equalized from a penalty kick. In the 17th minute, Milos Stojković restored the lead for FutureNet Maribor. Unfortunately, just a few seconds later Fidersek was ejected from the pitch with a red card. The coach of FutureNet Maribor Tomislav Horvat was also removed by the referee for heated complaints about this decision. Then Dobovec Pivovarna had another penalty kick. Ziga Ceh scored again, in the 18th minute Alen Fetic raised the score to 3:2 for the hosts. And that was it. In the 2nd half, Dobovec Pivovarna was able to score only one goal more and Kristijan Postruzin established the final score to 4:2 in the 21st minute.

It was a very tense game, as you can see on the number of players fined with a yellow card. Six players were fined by the referee before the break of this game! It shows that both teams are skilled enough to fight for the win and strong mentality will be the crucial factor to win the champions title.The final of Slovenian futsal extra league, game 1Dobovec Pivovarna Kozel – FutureNet Maribor 4:2 (3:2) Goals for FutureNet Maribor: Fidersek (5.), Stojković (17.). Aggregate score: 1:0 for Dobovec Pivovarna Kozel.