The coach of Vojvodina FC, Nemanja Krtolica, believes that his team will play a good game, and that they will show their true colors tomorrow in front of their fans in the duel against Železničar.

The players of the Old Lady are welcoming the team of Železničar on Saturday at 6pm, which will be the first game of Vojvodina at the newly renovated pitch of Karađorđe stadium.

  • In the past two weeks that we had to train and prepare, I can only say that there are no words to describe how the players acted, trained, and how they tried to prepare at the highest possible level. From Medojević and Đorđević, who are maybe not in the focus now, as the oldest players, to those younger players, everything deserved the highest grade, their attitude, relationship, it was all perfect. I have no doubt that tomorrow it will look great. I also have a message for the young players who are with us, we returned Dragan Kokanović from a loan due to his good matches, from Mladost GAT. Last week I was contacted by some English media to talk about Mihailo Ivanović, and not one question was about how his left or right leg is, but they asked about his character. Those young players will get their chance, they only need to be patient. From Bukinac who has been absent for a few months to Kokanović, who returned two days ago. We need the result and I expect that tomorrow we won’t have to think about that character, but only about victory against Železničar, and gaining 3 points – Krtolica said.

To the question about the pressure due to the fact that victory is a must in the upcoming match, Krtolica answered by quoting a basketball coach, Dušan Alimpijević.

  • I will quote the basketball coach, Alimpijević, who grew up in this city, and I read that he had said ‘’stress and musts in our work should be a privilege, and the real stress is a single mom working on a minimal wage.’’ In our line of work we have to think about of this as a privilege. Each one of us is attempting to control the stress. They ask me if I can do this, and if this is too big a bite for me, and which moment exactly is the right one? One round before the finish to be a coach of Vojvodina FC? I don’t think about it, it is a big pressure and a must, but we have to take the responsibility, both me and the players. We know what awaits us if the result is bad, and we don’t need the audience booing from the stands. After the press conference against Partizan, to my statement, one person added ‘’play for the crest on your jersey, and they will remember your name on the back’’. That is how it should be – Krtolica pointed out.

He confirmed that the new player, Depu, will get his chance at the match tomorrow.

  • Depu did his first training with us, and he will certainly be in the competition for the lineup, at this moment he is not close to starting the match, but he will certainly get some minutes, because we are talking about a quality player – Krtolica concluded.

We would like to remind you that the entrance to this match is free, and Vojvodina FC organizes a charity action under the slogan ‘’Together until victory’’ to help Nataša Minić from Futog, who suffers from cerebral paralysis.

At the entrances of the west and east tribune, there will be boxes for all those who want to donate money to help Nataša. Also, anyone who donates a minimum of 500 dinars and more, will get a T-shirt of Dušan Tadić as a gift.