The captain of the Serbian football team, Dušan Tadić, said that it was difficult for him that he did not start the game against England at the beginning of the European Championship and that, as the best player in the team, he should have been the starter.
"It was hard for me to accept the decision not to start the match. I talked to the coach, but it's difficult because the game is against England. I'm the captain and the leader, I think I'm the best player in this team, without false modesty and of course I think I should have started "I respect the coach's decision, but I think I could have done a lot more if I had played 90 minutes. If he wants, I will play 30, but I would like to play 90," Tadić told RTS.
The players of Serbia lost last night in Gelsenkirchen against England 1:0, in the first round of Group C at the European Championship in Germany.
Tadić entered in the 61st minute when he replaced Aleksandar Mitrović on the field.
"Of course you want to be part of the collective, to do everything for the collective. It's not important for the individual, let's move on, to pass, that's the most important thing. We have a community and we'll do everything for it," said Tadić.
Speaking about the match, he said that Serbia missed a big chance.
"They offered us the whole game, they gave us a lot of space between the lines, we could have punished that. In the second half, we could have gotten a much better result and we are sorry for that. We knew we would have a chance against them, they didn't press enough ball, we could have threatened them and caused them pain. We need to turn to the next game and win," said Tadic.
He said that now a good analysis and recovery is needed before the match against Slovenia on Thursday in Munich and that the passage to the second phase is a kind of obligation.
"It won't be easy, I watched them a bit against Denmark, they are quite awkward, they had several chances to score another goal," Tadic added.
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