With the arrival of the legendary Veselin Vujović on the bench of Banja Luka’s Borac m: tel, the former first head of the profession, Mirko Mikić, became part of the professional staff of the red and blues. For many, such a sudden change would arouse vanity and perhaps force some drastic decisions, but not Mikic, who was shaped by the Banja Luka club from an early age.
„There is not much to talk about. Vujović is a man with great experience and great knowledge, and since I literally came from sneakers to be the coach of the first team of Borac m: tel, this is very important to me. I also learn a lot about handball, but and some other things that Vuja is known for. It is about mental preparation, attitude towards the players and certainly this is a situation that every young coach can only wish for, to sit next to Vujović „, said Mikic
The people of Banja Luka are currently preparing in Teslić, where they are honing their form for the continuation of the season in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European duel with Gorenje in the eighth finals of the EHF European Cup.
„Considering that it is a matter of winter preparations, we do a combined variant, we are in the training process all day. In the morning and in the afternoon we do fitness, the second training is handball – a lot of defense, attack, running, semi-counters and counters and many tactical elements that Vujovic insists on, so for now, everything looks very good. “
Mikic added that control matches have not been agreed yet because the kovida-19 pandemic disrupted all clubs.
„As for the matches, we are currently in talks with teams from the area, now it is a little harder to arrange control duels with teams from Serbia or Croatia, due to this situation with the corona virus, but we are trying. We will find out soon whether we will play with some teams from Serbia or Croatia, ie with teams from the domestic league, although there was a slight problem there as well, considering that a good part of them arranged preparatory matches „.
Also, considering the injury of Bojan Ljubišić, it has long been known that the red and blues need a new goalkeeper, but also a right back, which was emphasized by Vujović at the official presentation.
„We are in talks with some guys, the coach consulted with us, we sent some of our wishes to the director and as far as we know, the negotiations have started. Understandably, I can’t talk about specific names yet,“ Mikic emphasized, which could mean that new reinforcements of Borac m: tel are expected soon in the campaign to defend the title and the European step forward, which is why Vujović arrived on the bench of the „Giants from Gospodska“ the most.
It should be reminded that the Banja Luka team finished the second part of the autumn in the table of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to a worse goal difference in relation to Doboj’s Sloga, and they also ensured the continuation of the competition in Europe.
Within the eighth finals of the EHF European Cup, he will compete with Slovenian Gorenje from Velenje, first on February 13 in Slovenia, and then in the return match seven days later in the „Borik“ hall.
