A pleasant half-hour flight, a cheerful atmosphere among the entire delegation that was full of jokes, bags full of optimism and messages at the “Welcome” – our champions arrived in Sarajevo.
The blue boys will play against Sarajevo tomorrow (Thursday, 20.00) in the 3rd round of qualifications for the Europa League in Zenica, at the Bilino polje stadium.
Stopper Igor Ćuković and his partner in good left back Nemanja Sekulić are eager for a new success after the historic one against Astana.
“We are full of confidence after Kazakhstan, but we are aware of the difficulty of the game and we will certainly be highly motivated. If we are disciplined as against Astana, I think we can go further and keep the” zero “behind,” said the high defender. added our left-hander.
“We analyzed Sarajevo and we know that we have a difficult match ahead of us. We have seen all the virtues and shortcomings of the opponent, we will try to use it. We are ready to fight, because this is a great opportunity for us and we hope to advance to the Europa League playoffs“, Sekulic is clear.
Petar Grbić and his friends will rest in a Sarajevo hotel, they will additionally scan the rival in video analysis, and tonight during the game they will do training on Bilino polje, so they will return to Sarajevo to sleep.
“Before Astana, everyone wrote us off, but now Sarajevo has seen that we are a good team, so the opponent will be careful. As for us, we must stay on the ground and from the first minute, as was the case in Kazakhstan. , we impose the game and write the best result in history “, said Ćuković.
The professional staff and players are maximally focused on Sarajevo, but the fans are already dreaming of the LE playoffs, where it is possible to decorate with the better from the Riga-Celtic duel.
“The euphoria among the fans is normal after our victory over Astana, and it is up to us to continue that beautiful feeling and make a historic result. We have to be on the ground, because we have not done anything we can do in Zenica,” said Sekulic.
Everyone in our blue camp was very optimistic in front of Astana, despite the fact that few people believed them. And even now they feel good.
“We feel that we can. Sarajevo will enter the game motivated, and we will decide the moments. We have a fighting game ahead of us, so we have to be patient and smart“, said 27-year-old Ćuković, so that Sekulić, a year younger, would score.
“The key is to try to save our net, because our strikers can certainly score at least one goal, because we have that quality going forward.“
The match of the 3rd round of qualifications for the Europa League, Sarajevo – Buducnost, will be played tomorrow at 8 pm in Zenica, and a live broadcast is provided on RTCG 2, on the RTCG satellite channel, as well as on our YouTube channel FK Budućnost Podgorica.
