A new coach, many new faces, great ambitions, old goals, a positive atmosphere … In short, they describe the beginning of the preparation of Serbia’s vice-champion and the winner of the Cup – Railways.
Experienced expert Veselin Vujovic gathered players in the Cair Hall on Thursday. After the meeting, where the celebrated trainer made clear to the players what was expected of him, the first training was done.
– The atmosphere is positive. The guys are good, we are trying to select a team according to a European criterion, that we have what it says „and per kilogram and per meter“ which are the basic preconditions that we can count on some strong composition. We know that there are big challenges and big obligations before us, so we are determined in a selection. I always set the ladder high and then I help, but I also ask the player to skip it. All those who do not skip are not ready, they can not continue the process and be on a high level. The behavior and commitment of all the guys must be at the level of the club’s name and the country they come from. Discipline in the field, and then the attitude of the players to the point is that we can talk about how to do something great. Let’s give an example to the kids who will come to watch. I hope that these guys will start to play handball, says Vujovic.
There is a big challenge to the club on four fronts, and the players and the staff are ready to answer the same questions
– My arrival here, and even before this, Železničar was the favorite to win the title and Cup. Somehow this is the goal, as an impeartiv, before us. Our ambitions and goals are to improve the impression in the SEHA league that our clubs have achieved, where they were the last and the last. We do not want to repeat these results. We are waiting for and playing in Europe for the first time we pulled out the representative of Luxembourg. When someone reminds you of Luxembourg as a handball country, they are far from European standards, but we need to be careful. I have to mention that this team dropped Vojvodina a few years ago. We will go seriously, I hope that we will be able to achieve a good result in Europe and that we will prepare well for the first rivals.
Many new faces are seen on Chair. The composition is rather rejuvenated, which, according to the coach, is an investment in the future of handball.
– We will try to make as many roster as possible, that we have a lot of quality players in rotation. We must not be tired of the same group of players and it turns out that in any of the four competitions we do not achieve a good result. We tried to bring players that can meet the criteria, we’ll see how successful we are. I am not the supporters of bringing old players, let’s just say they are deserved, to be as legionaries. I rely more on younger players who have the prospect of giving a maximum of 4-5 years. We can be with this young team this year in the Seaho League, but we will be next fifth and third. The elderly would be seventh, eighth, and ninth. I think that’s the correct opinion, concluded Vujovic.
The preparation plan is known, Želja will train at Zlatibor for ten days. After that, he returns to Nis where he will play two matches with Metaloplastika, and then travel to the Tournament in Strug. As Coach Vujovic said in the finish, preparations are made to play friendly match with Vardar in Skopje.