JOVANOVIC: “I CAN NOT BE SATISFIED WITH THE GAME”

The Mega Mozart bin the first game of the semifinals of the Superleague playoffs 114: 78 (33:15, 25:24, 31:17, 25:22). Coach Vladimir Jovanović’s team managed to be in the game until the finish in the first half, but Zvezda broke the game in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall with a series of threes (22 in total) and came to a convincing victory.

The second game on the program is already on Sunday, June 12, at 12 o’clock in the Mega Factory hall, and the eventual master will be on Tuesday, June 14, in the Aleksandar Nikolić hall. Tickets for the match in the Mega Factory hall are no longer available, because due to the limited capacity of the hall, they are distributed to a limited number of friends and sponsors of the club, and entry into the hall without a ticket will not be possible.

At the press conference after the game, Mega coach Vladimir Jovanović pointed out that he hoped that he could not be satisfied with the game:

– Regardless of the fact that in the announcement of the match in the media it could be read that Zvezda will be tired after the really exhausting final series of the ABA League, I knew that the red and whites are not just those 12 players, but that their roster is much longer. this match also showed. Players who were next to the field in the duels with Partizan, this time got a chance and a much more significant role. As Cerovina said, we were preparing to respond to their contact game even though we knew it was very difficult, especially over a long period of time. I hoped that the period in which we could match them would be much longer. First of all, the star got into a good mood with an excellent shot for three points, and after that it was very difficult to defend them. I can’t be happy with the game. We used the overture for this semifinal in the domestic league to rejuvenate your already young and we may not have looked bad there, but this duel with Zvezda is obviously too much for us,

said Jovanovic.

Mega captain Luka Cerovina pointed out that he hopes that his team will play better in two days:

– I think we entered the game softly. We did not respect what we agreed on, and the agreement was to try to play very firmly. In two quarters, we didn’t even get out of the bonus. They hit a lot of threes, we just couldn’t match them and that’s why there was such a difference. In two days, a rematch awaits us on our field, I hope we will play better and try to win,

said Cerovina.

Photo: Mega Mozzart/Ivica Veselinov