Slovenia round-up: Koper stretch lead at summit
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Article summary
NK Koper extended their lead in the 1. SNL with a 1-0 victory away at NK Rudar Velenje on Sunday.
Article body
NK Koper stretched their lead in the 1. SNL title race with a 1-0 victory away at NK Rudar Velenje on Sunday.
Missed penalty
Oliver Bogatinov scored the decisive goal six minutes before half-time, although the home side missed a penalty shortly after the interval.
Dravograd defeated
Koper now have a four-point lead at the top after NK Dravograd surrendered their unbeaten record to NK Publikum, who secured their first victory of the season with goals from Dominik Bersnjak and Robert Koren.
Pitamic opener
Elswhere, visitors NK Maribor drew 1-1 with UEFA Cup participants NK Primorje. Miha Pitamic opened the scoring for Maribor but Simon Gregoric equalised for the hosts on the stroke of half-time. NK Šmartno beat NK Mura 1-0 and NK Ljubljana drew 1-1 with NK Korotan.
