After conquering the Mediterranean Games with the Croatian national team in Tarragona, experienced expert Lino Cervar was promoted to the new head coach of Croatian champions PPD Zagreb.
– Zagreb has its past, present, future, it is the backbone of the national team, this gold from the Mediterranean Games in Spain has made a national team whose half comes from Zagreb. Although I was not in Croatia, I was in Macedonia, I followed everything that is happening here, in Zagreb and in a handball club. But it’s not the same as when you’re here, when you’re at the center of events, when you’re part of the whole, as it is now. Now it’s about a new project, about something that will not leave people indifferent. We will work with our children, with quality players who want to stay in Zagreb and develop through our strongest team in the country, to give them a springboard for affirmation in the world, as well as personal affirmation. Working with our children, we will work on the production of our new champions, we will take care of the development of our children’s competence. Sport, apart from the development of competitive skills, not only raises children but also strengthens the character of man, so that our children can face life’s problems. To be a top athlete, you have to be a top-notch man, we will work on this – said Cervar and added
In the Champions League, we got a group that is slightly weaker than Group A, but it’s still strong so we can not guarantee a single win. We have to show it on the field, we have to fight for victory. When we analyzed Zagreb from last year and now Zagreb, we can see that there are no peranica, there are no brothers Valčić, Vorija, Pavlović, Marković, Miklavčić … When we look at the list we have for the next season, we could say that we have a great alibi We do not win any opponent. But we want to overcome the stronger of ourselves, the richer of ourselves, and so we should teach the children that everything is possible. A great message came from Spain, the winner of Europe and Slovenia, who were third at the last World Cup, can win the complete Tunisia. Nothing is impossible. I can not promise anything, my ambitions are not ziheraške, I want to defeat, to resist more strongly. I will try to transfer this to the players, with a lot of courage and with a lot of determination and a lot of patience with everyday improvement I can show to the audience in the Arena that young people have their quality. This is the turning point of Zagreb Club’s policy to rely on our children. And this will be a safe recommendation for the development of representation on the international plane. One person can not do it alone, but in cooperation with everyone else, I think that as a family we can achieve enough, time will show – said Trophy expert Lino Cervar.
