The ND Gorica Courier
Squad22 Feb 2027
Žan-Luk Leban is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Žan-Luk Leban: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match17 Feb 2027
Tien Goga sends ND Gorica through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Tien Goga obliged against NK Maribor. 2‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is ND Gorica.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at ND Gorica
Alen Korošec was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Žan-Luk Leban falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Tom Žurga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Nino Vukasović misses from twelve yards
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
In brief
- Loan watch Taj Rožič Šuligoj has seen enough of NK Krka
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Yaya Dukuly
- Market ND Gorica put Alen Jurca up for sale
- Player ratings The referee tires of Miha Žejen