If someone had asked Boris Rojevic before the start of the qualifications for the European Championship in 2022, how many points Serbia will have after the duel with France and the meeting with Greece, the answer would be – four. As one of the assistant coaches of Tony Gerona, he believed in miracles and good results, but he is especially proud of one thing. It is the harmony that adorned the „eagles“ during the preparation period, but also during the games played.
„I am always optimistic and I believe in the work of the whole team, and in this case it was our ‘X factor’. We spent a lot of days working 10-12 hours a day. After two trainings, two video analyzes with the players, and on all that, the guys recognized the great energy of the professional staff, which, in addition to the above, worked together for a couple of hours and lived in some meetings and analyzes. However, the great harmony among the boys makes them a phenomenal team. I have never seen you spend 17 days in quarantine, especially with all the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus, and no one between them has ever quarreled. There are also great handball stars among them, but none of them felt that anyone wanted to stand out from the group, „Rojevic pointed out.
The World Handball Championship started in Egypt on Wednesday, and many fans of this sport regret that the „eagles“, especially after the excellent edition in recent matches, will not be at the review of the best national teams on the planet. A member of the professional staff of our selection believes that this team will only „mature“ for great challenges.
„I honestly think it’s good that we won’t go to the World Cup in Egypt. We have been in intensive work for just over two weeks, and no one has the magic wand to make everything work flawlessly in such a short time. It certainly works much better, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. We still have work to do and we are preparing for something big, to make the nation happy in a year at the European Championships in Hungary and Slovakia, „said the experienced strategist.
Rojevic is the head coach of Novi Sad’s Vojvodina, the current champion of Serbia and a team that finished the year without a single defeat in domestic competitions. Therefore, the question of the continuation of the ARKUS league and the expectations before the playoffs was inevitable.
„With the reinforcements that Partizan brought and that the black and whites are announcing, and that is about five new players, I am sure that they will become one serious and biggest rival to Vojvodina in the fight for the title. However, we must not forget any Metaloplastika, which plays great handball and has a young team for which literally only the sky is the limit. This was especially seen in the SEHA league against Eurofarm Pelister, as well as in the second part of the ARKUS league. There is also Dinamo, which has perhaps the most experienced team in the league, and which bothered us in the first round and took a point in Novi Sad. I would also like to point out Zeleznicar, who can make a lot of problems out of the shadows. All in all, I think that we will never have a more uncertain and difficult playoff in the last five years, „said Rojevic, who certainly knows the“ recipe „for trophies. Text taken from Arcus League
