However, it must be admitted that Slovenia qualified for Euro 2024 mainly thanks to the excellent October qualification window, because the November cycle was much worse, both in terms of results and, above all, in terms of a worrying game. After losing 1:2 to Denmark in Copenhagen on Friday, a draw was enough for Slovenia to progress today, while Kazakhstan had to win. In the beautiful fan scenery of a full (16,000 spectators) conical stadium – admittedly with a grass surface, which is quite embarrassing for the organizers – Slovenia, which although dominated with almost two-thirds of the ball possession, but at the same time acted quite inefficiently against a strong Kazakhstani team, which surprised the already favored Danes and Finns in these qualifiers, Euro 2024 was brought first by the 20-year-old striker of German Leipzig Benjamin Šeško from the penalty spot in the 41st minute, after Kazakhstan equalized in the 48th minute, when the lone midfielder of “our” Kopra scored for the guests like a ghost Ramazan Orazov, however, with an exceptional goal in the 86th minute, the Greek Panathinaikos midfielder Benjamin Verbič brought victory and “Germany”, and the celebration in Ljubljana and Slovenia could begin.
After Katančev’s Euro 2000 in Belgium and the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Keko’s 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Slovenia again qualified for one of the biggest football tournaments in the world.
