MEGA ON FRIDAY PLAY AGAINST SPLIT, JOVANOVIC: “I HOPE WE WILL SHOW QUALITY GAME FROM THE BIGGER PART OF THE SEASON”

On Friday, March 18, at 4 pm, Mega Soccerbet will play against on road against Split in the 22nd round of the ABA league. Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team travels to Split after the break in the last round, since the match against Koper Primorska was registered with the official result of 20:0 in favor of Mega due to the withdrawal of the Slovenian team from the competition.

Before the duel against Split, Mega’s coach Vladimir Jovanović pointed out that he hopes that his team will show a quality game as it was in the bigger part of the championship:

– We are entering the end of the season, there are six rounds left until the end. Until this moment, the league has practically polarized into two parts, where the first six teams aspire to a place in the playoffs, and the other seven teams, not counting Primorska, where the difference between them is practically up to two victories. It is a really interesting finals where every game has significance, whether in the fight for the playoffs or for survival in the league. We are at the first part and we are still trying to keep the chance for the playoffs, we will not give up for sure. We played one of the better matches of this season against Split in the first part, they changed a lot of the team of already solid quality, which was filled with talented Croatian players and strengthened by internationals. They have brought Ukic and Babic since then, while Maric had his first match against us. They additionally strengthened in order to ensure their survival in the ABA league and a step forward in the Croatian championship, they raised the level of the game, won a two duels against Cibona, which showed that a difficult match awaits us. In the previous two games against Borac and Krka, we showed that we lack the constant to return to the old quality of the game, to raise the intensity in terms of defense and attack. We had problems with player absences and minor injuries where we failed to be complete at practices. We managed to repair that to some extent in the previous period. I have to be satisfied as far as practice is concerned, it will not be easy, but I hope that in this game we will show the quality game we had in most of the championship,

said Jovanovic.

After 21 rounds of the ABA League, Mega Soccerbet has a score of 14-7 while Split recorded six wins and 15 losses. These two teams met for the first time in the regional competition in the 9th round of this season when Mega celebrated at home with 91:75.

Before the duel against Split, Point Guard of Mega Dayshon Smith pointed out that his team wants to return to the right path after the defeat by Krka:

– After the break from the games we had last week, we want to return to the right path after the defeat against Krka. We worked well at practices and this game will be a good indicator to see how much we can do at the end of the season, and it is certain that we will give our best,

said Smith.

The match Split – Mega Soccerbet will be played on Friday, March 18 at 4 pm in the Small Hall of BC Split with a live broadcast on TV Arena Sport.

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