Makarska The group 4 tournament will be played from Wednesday to Saturday The main rounds of the Futsal Champions Leagueand the forces will be measured Portuguese Sporting, Kazakh Kairat, Kosovo Pristina i domaćin New Time. The game is played according to the one-on-one system, and the three first-placed clubs go to the continuation of the competition, to the Elite Round of the Champions League.
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Novo Vrijeme beat Osijek
On this occasion, a press conference was held in the City Sports Hall in Makarska where four coaches spoke, Nuno Dias – Sporting Clube de Portugal head coach, Daniel Júnior – Kairat Almaty head coach, Haki Ahmeti – Prishtina 01 head coach and home coach Ivan Božović.
This is the fourth time that the Main Round matches are played in Makarska, which has proven to be a good host:
– On behalf of the hosts, I greet our friends from Lisbon, Almaty and Pristina and wish them a pleasant stay in Makarska. We will do everything to make them feel good, and I hope they will give us a chance to pass. It looks easy on paper, but who to beat? We are preparing and I think we will be ready to do everything to advance among the 16 best teams of the Champions League this season. In general, we expect passage further, but as we do, so do everyone else. Kairat is a tough opponent, they have ten Brazilians, they are very serious, they have a great tradition, they were European champions twice. The additional weight is given by the fact that we will play two matches in 24 hours that will determine our placement – said Novi vremena coach Ivan Bozcaronovi.
Nuno Dias from Sporting recalled that već was in Croatia:
.- I’m glad to be in Croatia again, the first time was good, I hope it will be again. It’s hard to get information about the opponents, I haven’t watched them much, but based on the information we have, I can say that we have three tough games waiting for us. We are ready, congratulations to everyone, but Kairat was the vice-champion of last year’s Champions League. It is difficult to play three games in four days, but so will the others.
Daniel Júnior from Kairat revealed how they analyzed their opponents for three weeks, first of all the home team Novo vrijeme, with whom they play the first game:
– I am happy that we are here, that we have the opportunity to play three big games. We expect hard-fought matches, tough opponents, but we believe in our ranking. Futsal is a well-known sport, you always have to look for information about your opponents so they don’t surprise you. We have been analyzing the matches for three weeks, we have good information about the opponents, especially about the home team that we meet in the first round.
In the end, Haki Ahmeti, the coach of the Prishtina 01 club, who was the champion of Kosovo, but who could succeed in this competition only if he made a big surprise, spoke:
– I am happy that we are in this chosen company, Makarska is a beautiful city, Novo vrijeme is a strong team, but we hope that we will be good and that we will fight to move on. We know how strong our first opponent Sporting is, but we will do our best. Everyone who reaches the Main Round hopes to be among the three best teams and to go further, that is our goal.
Match schedule in Makarska
- October 29: Sporting – Pristina, 5 p.m
New Time – Kairat, 8 p.m
- October 30: Kairat – Sporting, 5 p.m
Novo vrijeme – Pristina, 8 p.m
- November 1: Kairat – Pristina, 5 p.m
New time – Sporting, 8 p.m