JOVANOVIC: “WE SERIOSLY PREPARED FOR THIS GAME, I AM HAPPY OF WORK MENTALITY AND UNSELFISHNESS OF MY TEAM”

Mega Soccerbet started the new season in the ABA league brilliantly, its eighth in a row, as it was convincing against Igokea in Laktasi with 62:84 (21:22, 15:26, 14:21, 12:15). Mega’s coach Vladimir Jovanovic had a lot of reasons for satisfaction at the press conference after the game, where he pointed out that his team was very seriously preparing for this match:

– First of all, I must say that I am very satisfied with the situation that basketball is played at all. We are happy that after six or seven months, we had the opportunity to go out on the field and measure our strength in the ABA league. It is normal that after such a break, we were afraid of the first game, this was the first official one since March. Igokea had a slight advantage after playing two games in the qualifications for the Champions League, and we were very seriously preparing for this match, knowing that Igokea with its team aspires to a good result in both the Champions League and here in the ABA. I think we played a good game today, where we established a good attack from the first quarter. We were preparing for their offensive rebound, where we had problems at certain moments. In the third quarter, we still controlled the attack and played better in defense, so we introduced the match to a calmer ending,

said Jovanovic and continued about the elements of the game that he was especially pleased with:

– I am especially happy with the number of assists and rebounds that we had, which means that the team had that working mentality, but also that it was selfless. Once again, I would like to congratulate Igokea on entering the Champions League and my boys a good game. This is just the beginning, we have a long league ahead of us and we are looking forward to new games,

Mega’s coach Vladimir Jovanovic finished.

Photo: Igokea/Nikola Vuruna