The only match of SEHA Gazprom League scheduled for Wednesday (18.00 CET) in Velenje, will be the perfect chance for home team Gorenje to escape the crisis and celebrate second win in regional competition after home triumph over NEXE Nasice. Slovenian runners-up have made a change on head-coach position on Tuesday with Borut Plaskan coming instead of Marko Sibila after a bad start in regional competition but also a failure in EHF Champions League qualifications.
That will be a chance for the new coach to start with a win with Bosnian best team Izvidjac standing on the other side of the court after good performances against both PPD Zagreb and Celje PL in front of thousands of enthusiastic fans on home-court.
Zdenko Grbavac, Izvidjac Ljubuski coach:
Match in Velenje will be our first chance to play a good game as visitors. I think that Gorenje are ideal opponents because they've changed a lot of players in their team since they were knocked out of EHF Champions League. We see that as our chance in this match.
David Mandic, Izvidjac Ljubuski player:
We are ready and fit for Velenje. We've watched some of their games in video analysis and if we stop their backline and best players Toskic and Brumen, we will have a good chance in this game.
Borut Plaskan, Gorenje Velenje coach:
We expect to win this match. We know that Izvidjac are not a weak team. On home court they've played really good against Celje Pivovarna Lasko and Zagreb. Our team must show better defense and be simply annoying to them, persistent. I want for our players step on the court with smiles on their faces and show everything they can.
Niko Medved, Gorenje Velenje player:
We will play on our home court. We've in previous matches seen Izvidjac has good team but we want to win this match.
Edina sredina tekma Lige SEHA Gazprom bo ob 18. uri na sporedu v Velenju. Obračun bo kot nalašč, za domači RK Gorenje Velenje, da prebrodi krizo in se dokopa do druge zmage v regionalnem tekmovanju po zmagi proti zasedbi NEXE Našice. Finalisti minule sezone slovenskega državnega prvenstva so v ponedeljek dobili novega glavnega trenerja. Po slabšem začetku v regionalni ligi ter neuspešnem nastopu v kvalifikacijah za preboj v Ligo prvakov se je poslovil Marko Šibila, katerega zamenjal Borut Plaskan.
Za novega trenerja bo sredina tekma lepa možnost, da svoj povratek na čelu os začne z zmago proti bosanskemu prvaku Izvidjaču, ki je pred bučno množico navijačev v domači dvorani prikazal dobri predstavi proti PPD Zagrebu in Celju Pivovarni Laško.
Zdenko Grbavac, trener Izvidjala Ljubuškega:
Tekma v Velenju bo naša prva priložnost, da v Ligi SEHA Gazprom dobro odigramo tudi v gosteh. Menim, da je Gorenje Velenje idealen naprotnik za to, saj je po neuspelem nastopu v kvalifikacijah za preboj v Ligo prvakov zamenjal kar nekaj igralcev. V tem vidimo našo največjo priložnost.
David Mandic, rokometaš Izvidjača Ljubuškega:
Pripravljeni smo na tekmo z Gorenjem Velenjem. Ogledali smo si nekaj video posnetkov njihovih tekem in jih analizirali. Če zaustavimo zunanjo linijo tekmecev ter Toskića in Brumna, bomo imeli lepe možnosti za uspeh.
Borut Plaskan, trener Gorenja Velenja:
Pričakujem, da to tekmo dobimo, to je naš primaren cilj. Zavedamo se, da Izvidjač ni slaba ekipa, saj je v domači dvorani namučil Celjane in Zagrebčane. Na tekmi bomo morali biti povsem osredotočeni, predvsem pa prikazati boljšo igro v obrambi, kjer bomo morali biti bolj tečni in prikazati več potez za navijače. Igralce želim pripeljati do tega, da bodo na igrišče stopali z nasmeškom in tudi zato pokazali vsega, česar so sposobni.
Niko Medved, kapetan Gorenja Velenja:
Čaka nas tekma proti Izvidjaču v domači Rdeči dvorani. Na zadnjih tekmah sredinih nasprotnikov smo videli, da ti tvorijo dobro in borbeno ekipo. Na glede na to mi na to tekmo gremo po zmago in nove tri točke, ki nam bi dale dodaten zagon za delo, ki nas še čaka.
