{"id":288070,"date":"2023-08-27T22:50:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288070"},"modified":"2023-08-27T22:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T22:50:52","slug":"kalajdzic-looks-forward-to-happier-times-after-nightmare-first-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/kalajdzic-looks-forward-to-happier-times-after-nightmare-first-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season in England&#8230; as he dedicates first goal since returning from ACL injury to his pregnant wife<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sasa Kaldjzic ruptured his ACL on his debut for Wolves in September last year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He netted the winner against Everton in his second outing since returning\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Austrian dedicated his decisive goal to his pregnant wife Lorena\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wolves scorer Sasa Kalajdzic can look forward to some happier times after a nightmare first 12 months in England.<\/p>\n<p>Kalajdzic ruptured his ACL on debut against Southampton last September and his heroic cameo at Goodison was his second outing since.<\/p>\n<p>The 6ft 7in Austrian celebrated his 87th-minute winner by stuffing the ball under his shirt as a dedication to his pregnant fianc\u00e9e Lorena.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re very happy and I wanted to keep the news for a special occasion!\u2019 said the likeable striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A lot of bad things happened over the last year, I am even happier things are going like this now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/21\/74775831-12451255-image-a-93_1693169434376.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sasa Kalajdzic dedicated his first Wolves goal to his pregnant wife after returning from injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/21\/74775833-12451255-image-a-94_1693169459965.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He had a nightmare debut last September when he ruptured his ACL against Southampton<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s been a long journey for me and I am taking it step-by-step, but this was an important one for me. It has been very tough. Hard. Challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I worked really hard, everyone around me and at home worked really hard, and it makes it more special.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12451255\/Wolves-striker-Sasa-Kalajdzic-looks-forward-happier-times-nightmare-season-England-dedicates-goal-returning-ACL-injury-pregnant-wife.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season in England&#8230; as he dedicates first goal since returning from ACL injury to his pregnant wife Sasa Kaldjzic ruptured his ACL on his debut for Wolves in September last year\u00a0 He netted the winner against Everton in his second outing since returning\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/kalajdzic-looks-forward-to-happier-times-after-nightmare-first-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic looks forward to happier times after nightmare first season in England&#8230; 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