The first match is scheduled for 27th February at 13:00 h, and the second one for 1st March at 11:00 h.
As in matches with Macedonia, the team Slovenia will be lead again from the bench by the U-15 head coach, Zoran Erbez, instead of Sakib Malkočević.
These two experts selected the following players for matches with Slovenia:
Belmin Dizdarević (Sarajevo), Elvir Muminović (Sion), Dino Islamović (Sarajevo), Farid Bačevac (Koln, Germany), Stefan Rankić (OFK Beograd, Serbia) Robert Voloder (Koln, Germany), Denil Badžak (Bayern, Germany), Armin Šarić (Sarajevo), Ivan Kurbaša (Rijeka, Croatia), Ajdin Hasić (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia), Elmin Herić (Koln, Germany), Nikola Ćetković (ST Željezničar Banja Luka), Tarik Baltić (Troyes, France), Gabrijel Čoko (Zrinjski), Ermin Kadrić (Sarajevo), Hamza Gigović (Vasalunds, Sweden), Edin Mujić (Željezničar), Vedad Radonja (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia), Ajdin Mujanović (Stuttgart, Germany), Nemanja Nikolić (Sarajevo), Lazar Popović (OFK Beograd), Miloš Daraboš (OFK Beograd, Serbia).
Zoran Erbez says about the upcoming encounters:
“Unlike for games in Macedonia, we will have several new players available against Slovenia. These are all good checks for us against the teams that have also qualified into the elite round. Our goal is to check the current form of the players, but we will try to achieve also as better result as we can.”
Erbez also commented on matches with Macedonia:
“In Skopje, several players showed that they had to be seriously counted on, but some of them failed. The first match ended without goals. This should be a real outcome, although we have to admit that the Macedonians had an initiative in the second half so it could be even worse for us. In the second match, we “folded the dice” and it already looked like much better. In addition to the scored goal, we had three great opportunities and one goalpost. In the end, we can be satisfied with what we saw, and I believe that it will be even better in Slovenia. An important thing for us is that we did not receive a goal in two matches with Macedonia which had a good team.”
The expert from Istočno Sarajevo also added:
“I am delighted to be part of the team, because the technical staff of the U-17 team, led by Sakib Malkočević, does a great job. It’s no coincidence that they make excellent results and that they were twice on the EURO U-17. I am also glad that we have continuity in the work, because most of the players we select in the U-15 team play later for U-17, U-19 and so on. I believe that this is the right path, but also a reflection of the excellent cooperation between us, the head coaches of youth teams.”
