Grbavac: '' It's time for us to grab the first win in Zagreb!''
Grbavac: '' Vrijeme je za prvu pobjedu u Zagrebu!''
PPD Zagreb will on Saturday (17.00 CET) in Sutinska vrela sports hall host champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Izvidjac CO from Ljubuski. This will be Silvio Ivandija's third match on Zagreb's bench. After an important win in Arena Zagreb last weekend against Vardar in Champions League 'Lions' have on Wednesday managed to catch a big and important point on road in SEHA Gazprom League against Meshkov. Team from Ljubuski is not as strong as Meshkov but with long journey and tough schedule behind Zagreb whose roster is quite shortened due to injuries it is safe to say it will not be an easy job for hosts.
Considering guests, they are coming to Zagreb without one of their main attacking options Matej Hrstic but full of optimism and well prepared after a almost two-week long break from SEHA Gazprom matches which they used to get ready for the clash in Zagreb.
Izvidac will on Saturday look for the first win and a ticket to move away from League's bottom while PPD Zagreb would surely like to secure new three points, take advantage of a good performance in Brest and keep the form arrow pointing in an upward direction.
Silvio Ivandija, PPD Zagreb
coach:
I expect for us to prolong the positive streak and
deliver aggresive, quality performance. I hope our good period will be longer
than it usually is and in case we manage to play about 45 minutes on a high
level I feel like result will surely be good for us.
Tonci Valcic, PPD Zagreb player:
Atmosphere in the locker room is really very good. In
Brest we've proved that we can play, that we did not forget. It is a real
pleasure to play in this team with all these young guys. Tomorrow I expect a
good match against a young and perspetive Ljubuski team. However, in case we
manage to open the match in the right way I believe there won't be any problem.
Zdenko Grbavac, Izvidjac CO
coach
We've spent two weeks preparing for this duel. Zagreb have
recently changed coach and it is not quite good for us because the team has
rised with Silvio Ivandija on the bench. Izvidac CO will not surrender in
Zagreb despite of the fact that we have minor injury porblems. Matej Hrstic
will not play but I believe it is time for us to grab the first win in Zagreb.
Ivan Milicevic, Izvidjac CO
player:
We've already, in our first encounter, proved that we can
play against them. Fighting spirit will surely once again be here but by that I
feel like we're better prepared for this match considering tactics because
we've spent last two weeks getting ready for this clash.