After defeat in Zagreb, Serbian vice-champion RK Partizan will meet RK Borac Banja Luka at "Banjica" hall on Saturday at 18hrs. That will be a nice chance for young boys of the coach Aleksandar Brkovic to gain some more experience and win new points after a triumph over RK Lovcen two weeks ago.

 

- On Saturday two famous and friendly clubs will meet again. What is important for us is that we can win this match and we are preparing for that with a lot of motives. We have a lot of healthy problems with the players since match in Zagreb, but they will be on the court next to their team-mates for this clash. Our wish is to increase our number of points - said Aleksandar Brkovic.

 

One of the biggest strength ot this year’s roster, young goalkeeper Mihailo Radovanovic is aware that a big fight is waiting his team against champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

 

- I hope that we can celebrate for the Birthday of our Sports Association. We have already shown against Lovcen that we can play good and outplay our rival. I am sure that my teammates and I will succeed on Saturday - concluded Radovanovic.

 

From the rival’s side, RK Borac Banja Luka waiting for away match in Belgrade in better position than at the beginning of the season. Experienced goalkeeper Mario Blazevic is back to the squad after a few months in Germany. He was one of the best players in defeat against RK Metalurg 22:26 a few days ago in "Borik" hall:

 

- I expect thight match and fight for the win until the end. Partizan have a team consisted from the young and talented players with a few experienced guys, same as Borac. We can expect the positive result in Belgrade only if we play on the same level all 60 minutes, especially in defense. What is also important is to make the small number of technical mistakes - said Blazevic.

 

Borac headcoach Bojan Crnomarkovic is more optimistic than before:

 

- After we got back some experienced players, I expect to present a good handball. I am very satisfied with the performance against Metalurg. If we play on that level, we can think about the good result in Belgrade. I am optimistic due the fact that our form raising from match to match - said Crnomarkovic.

 

The match against RK Borac Mtel will be the official start of the promo campaign "Handball is back". Promoter is famous musician Dragoljub Djuricic. All the kids will have an opportunity to talk and get photo of the favorite players after the match on the court. This will be a part of celebration of 68th Birthday of Sports Association Partizan.