In the days ahead, handball Serbia will have the opportunity to see a different situation in the barrage (north-center) to fill the ARKUS league than is the case in the east-west region. One of the participants in the playoffs will be a club with a long tradition – Jugović from Kać. The coach of the team that wants to return to the elite, Boško Rudić, spoke for the Arcus League website and announced everything that his team and others expect in the coming period.
The ambitions of the club are high, Arcus League, but how realistic are they and are they achievable?
„Honestly, if we take into account the current situation, not only in the country but also in the world, where everything is constantly moving, our goal remains clear – a return to the highest rank of the competition. Jugović, as a club, and Kać, as a city, deserve a return with their tradition.
We have two barrage duels, with Crvenok (September 16, 7 pm) at home and with Morava away (September 20, 7 pm). We have no information about opponents. And when friendly matches are played, they are played without an audience, so any kind of scouting falls away. We are preparing the best we can and we will do our best to win both games. “
How are you preparing for the upcoming duels?
„Honestly, I am not satisfied with this whole situation, I believe, like everyone else. We can’t enter the hall normally, we can’t play the game normally. We have very little time to prepare, if we take into account that the players had a break of five months. And that is the biggest problem – the playing staff. The boys are digging, which is normal in situations like this. When a professional player takes a break of three weeks, it will be difficult for him to return, and only now … “
A potential victory in the playoffs also means going to Group A of the Arcus League. Have you scouted the group yet?
„At this moment, Vojvodina is far ahead of everyone. I saw the group, of course. It is difficult, I don’t know in what condition the other clubs are when it comes to players, reinforcements, but I don’t think it will be easy, but it is the Super (ARKUS) league. “
The Jugović handball club will meet the Crvenka team on September 16 in Kać, while four days later, in the last barrage match of the north-center region, they will play away against Morava in Velika Plana. Both matches are on the program from 7 pm, without the presence of the audience.
The winner of this barrage group will be promoted as a new member of the Arcus League and will enter Group A.