At the beginning of the second round of the championship, Budućnost drew with Dečić pod Gorica (2: 2), the “blues” are now less independent leaders with a game after 10 rounds of the domestic championship with 19 points won (Dečić and Podgorica share second place with 18, Sutjeska has 16 points), but the overall impression after the draw against the fighting team from Tuzi is not positive.
Coach Mladen Milinković immediately congratulated the rival on the won point, but he is aware that the “blue champions” had to solve the derby earlier.
“We can’t be satisfied, because we were leading 2: 0, so we dropped two points. It is usually said that we have nothing to complain about the players, but some lacked more courage, sportsmanship and a little self-confidence. We had to close the game in the first half, because after two goals we had two or three great chances.”
Our boss never asks for an alibi, but it is clear to everyone that Buducnost is not the same team without Draško Božović, Igor Ivanović and Petar Grbić (he got injured in the 25th minute). It is not the same when one of the three is absent, and not all three.
“I would not like it to turn out to be a justification, but these are players who, in addition to their undoubted quality, give energy to the entire team. The decline in our game was obvious after Grbić came out. However, what is there, we have to get used to various situations”, said Milinković, whose team does not know about the defeat in domestic competitions for seven games (six in the championship, one in the Cup).
“It’s good that we don’t lose, it also speaks about the character of the team. I am not satisfied with the result against Decic, but if there is one good thing, it is certainly the fact that we are first on the table after nine games played”.
Nobody understood the premiere draw in the championship as a tragedy. Far from it, but the bitter taste remains because with the result of 2: 1, Miloš Raičković spectacularly hit the crossbar, while Ivan Bojović and Panajotis Moraitis missed one hundred percent chances.
“We made a lot of mistakes, especially before that first goal. We practically received a goal from the first serious shot, despite the fact that we warned the players about such shots by Dečić. However, shortly before that, Grbić came out and obviously the jumping of one player from the system immediately disturbed us. We will talk to the players about mistakes, we must try to keep them to a minimum. We should have won, but as soon as we didn’t use our chances, a penalty followed. The old unwritten football rule has reached us.”
Even before the game, the 52-year-old from Loznica warned about the strength and warrior character of Decic …
“We knew who we were playing with, that Decic was aggressive and combative and that he was putting pressure on the rival. However, we found holes in their game, we started using them “, our strategist returns the film to a 2-0 lead, which was written in the 16th minute, and then scores. “We should have scored one or two more goals. Decic conceded only four goals in the nine games before us, and we were able to give them in half as much as all the other first league players. That is why it remains a pity to win.”
