The coach of Vojvodina FC, Nenad Lalatović is not pleased after the defeat against the team of Čukarički and the direct clash in the fight for Europe.

The players of the Old Lady lost today with the result 0:1, and Lalatović said:

  • I congratulate my colleague and team of Čukarički on their victory. I think that in the first half we were not on that level that I expect and demand from my players. There are no excuses, but we had that match on Wednesday, and they had a little more time to rest and prepare, which certainly doesn’t make their victory any less important. We have troubles with scoring goals, if Dele or sometimes Sery don’t score a goal. He had that excellent chance in the first half, and then Ranđelović in the finish when he had the choice where to shoot, he chose to shoot right into the goalkeeper. And when against Čukarički you don’t score a goal from two 100% chances, then you receive a goal, and that is how we lost points. There’s no point in whining, we have the derby against TSC in Topola, and Radnički 1923 at home, and we turn to those following games – Lalatović said.

He believes that Vojvodina had to play better today, especially in the first half of the match.

  • In the first half, we were missing greater desire, aggression, and being better at that second ball. We withdrew a little, they had that pattern with their back players, and the goalkeeper who participated in the game, which we neutralized in the second half. Simply, that realization and calmness in the final pass were missing, as well as in those chances before the goal. We have two more games ahead of us, after which we have to make a good plan for the transfer period and the preparations – Lalatović highlighted.

Lalatović repeated that Vojvodina needs a classic attacker, and a more creative offensive middlefielder.

  • Uroš Nikolić was injured for a while, he is a creative player, he has the quality. But I don’t want to talk a lot about reinforcements now. Certainly, Vojvodina needs a top-notch attacker, because Dele isn’t one, he came here as a wing player. He played the last two games very well, scored 6 goals, but I would prefer to see Dele on the wing, and find a new attacker, so we are working on that – Lalatović revealed.

He highlighted that after the analysis, he will address all the mistakes with the players.

  • In the first half we could have done better, in the second half we were better. This team of Vojvodina needs to be better. I told them many times that I came here because of those defeats in the derbies this season. They lost all the bigger matches, my colleagues and now me. We have to play such matches harder and with more quality, if we want to be where we belong. I don’t want to talk now when I am hot-headed, I will analyze everything and then talk to my players – Lalatović concluded.