The Dragons failed to make it to the cup semi-finals. The match in Celje ended with a 2:1 victory for the home team. Agustin Doffo scored for the green and whites in the first half:

Victor Sanchez after the first head-to-head match this week: “Congratulations to Celje, who deserved the win. Kudos to my players too, they fought, they gave their all. We knew it would be difficult. But I have the feeling that the referee didn’t have the game under control. Raula The home team provoked from the start, they played dirty, but that’s what the referee is here for, to calm down such matters. “So we conceded the second goal when the goalkeeper was lying down and there was no interruption of play. But even for referees, some matches are more difficult than others and I don’t want to use that as an excuse.”

“We are nearing the end of the season, there are a lot of injuries and this affects the image. We have players who have played more than 3,000 minutes this season, we have to fight with that. Despite all the problems, we have a nice advantage over last year’s champions, Maribor and Koper. We are now focusing our attention on the last championship challenges.”