The coach of Vojvodina FC, Nenad Lalatović is expecting a difficult match against the team of Mladost Lučani.

Players of the Old Lady will welcome the team of Mladost on Saturday at 6:30 pm, and Lalatović first thanked the management of this club for letting him return to Vojvodina, and he is expecting that the guests from Lučani will have a special motif.

  • For me this will be a specific match that because I arrived to Vojvodina a month ago precisely from Mladost Lučani. In that club I had a beautiful period and extraordinary results, since from 8 matches we won at 7. I got attached to the club and I would like to thank the first man of the club, Neško Milovanović for allowing me to return to Vojvodina FC, even though he didn’t have to. I want to use this opportunity to thank him and the players of Mladost with whom I had nice cooperation and great results. Now the situation is different, I am the coach of Vojvodina and I want to win. Mladost is a specific team, they have an excellent team and they know how to play for the result, and have an amazing character. Mladost can defeat anyone in the league which they showed at Marakana against the Red Star with the result 2:2. And in the other matches where they won such as Novi Pazar, TSC, Napredak and Radnički 1923, Mladost managed to win because they have a great team. I am certain that the players will have a special motif against me, to show the coach that he is mistaken. Many tried to convince me not to leave, and that is why I am certain that they will have a great motif to show themselves in front of our fans. The scoreboard is the best evidence how difficult it is to defeat them. Mladost brought a good coach, Trajković, but we are Vojvodina and we have to play for the victory. When we play at home, we have no room for defeat, and that is why we have to give our 200%. If we don’t enter this match like Mladost will, then we won’t win. If we play like we did against OFK Beograd, then I am sure that we will win. I am happy because I have the chance to bring out the strongest lineup, the only player we cannot count on is Lazar Ranđelović, the rest are ready – Lalatović said.

He reflected once again at the previous match against the Red Star.

  • I would like to reflect once again at that previous match with the Red Star. I was pleased with the game in the field, but I wasn’t satisfied with the interruptions, because that is how Red Star defeated us easily. That first goal tricked us, I believe that he wanted it more to be a center shot. Then, after that, we received two more goals from interruptions, and previously we had had a 100% chance through Radulović when the result was 0:0. If we had taken the lead then, the match would have gone in an entirely different direction. That is why we shouldn’t receive goals easily, which I said was the biggest issue of Vojvodina when I arrived here. I hope that tomorrow we will close the entrance to the goal, and win 3 points – Lalatović underlined.

The coach of Vojvodina is happy about the return of Uroš Nikolić, who will compete for the starting 11.

  • Uroš Nikolić is ready to play, for 2-3 weeks he has been training according to our program and he will compete for the lineup, but the question is what his physical condition will be like after this long pause. He is a master of football and with one take he can solve the match and I am happy that we can count on him again – Lalatović highlighted.

He doesn’t think that mutual knowledge between him and Mladost can make the preparations for the match more difficult or easy.

  • Mladost knows me, but we played in formations 3-5-2, 5-4-1, and they know my demands in those formations, but in this one not so much. But once again I say, we cannot do a lot to surprise each other. Us coaches know each other well, we know in what formations each team in the Super League will play. We are ready for everything. They will be motivated, just like I will be, but our players should be the ones who are motivated most. Simply, the scoreboard bothers me a lot, and that is what I told the players. Such a team, with such names cannot allow themselves to be in that position, and we have to rise up, they have to realize how important the jersey of Vojvodina is, and to give their maximum at every match, because only like that they will win – Lalatović said.

He agreed that realization is a big problem, and revealed that his desire is to bring one more goal getter to the club, a classic offensive player.

  • We are working on that, we want one more goal getter to join us already in Decembar, if there are conditions and possibilities. Vojvodina needs to have a true goal getter, Dele is not a classic offensive player, but a wing player. We are combining because of the current situation, and the injury of Vukanović, and that is currently the most sensitive position in the team. Against the Red Star we had two chances which were harder to miss than to score, and I am sorry that Radulović didn’t score that goal. Everything would have been different if we took the lead, the match would have gone in a different direction, and perhaps we would have stayed undefeated. And that is why I repeat to my players that they have to be hungry for the victory – Lalatović underlined.

Mladost is the first in the row of matches against direct rivals in the fight for the placement in Europe, because soon after come the matches against Novi Pazar, Čukarički, TSC, and Radnički 1923.

  • I am not afraid of such matches, I am more afraid of Lučani and Tekstilac, the matches where the points are being written down in advance. I like the derby matches, I don’t feel the pressure when playing them, because I know that we cannot lose if the players respect everything that I ask of them. These players have an extraordinary quality, they only need to show that on the pitch and at every match – Lalatović stated.

He shortly responded to the announcement of the fans that they want to boycott the first half of the match.

  • I wouldn’t comment on that. I would like them to come and support us, but if that is their decision, I will respect it – Lalatović said.

In the end, he reflected on the status of Depu, who is in the second plan at the moment.

  • I didn’t bring him, I found all the players here, no transfer was made since I am the coach. Depu has his quality, but he has a chronic injury of the knee which is bothering him, and that is why he cannot give his maximum. He is an attacker who is very mobile, and he will certainly impose himself in the following period – Lalatović concluded.

 

The match between Vojvodina and Mladost is scheduled for Saturday at 6:30pm with the live broadcast at Arena Premium 2 and RTV 1.