Sutjeska basketball players are in Sarajevo, where the third "balloon" of the ABA2 league is being played this week.
In contrast to Zlatibor and Osijek, in which the teams played two matches each, three are planned in Sarajevo, and the rivals of Velimir Gašić's team are the hosts of the tournament, Spars (Tuesday, 21 p.m.), and Montenegrin teams - Lovćen (Friday, 15 p.m.). and Podgorica (Sunday, 15 p.m.).
"A demanding tournament awaits us. Our opponents are waiting for us, who have strengthened significantly compared to the beginning of the season. Spurs are a quality team, they brought in two more players. We will try to prepare as well as possible for that game, and we will think about Lovcen and Podgorica later. The most important thing is that we prepare as well as possible, that the health bulletin is up to par, and then we can hope for a good result. We're going step by step," coach Sutjeska said before the new tournament.
Gašić expects the team to react after the convincing defeat (79:63) against Jedinstva in Bijelo Polje in the previous round of the domestic championship.
"A team like us from Sunday to Sunday has some new challenges. I expect our reaction after the defeat in Bijelo Polje to be of high quality, to correct what was not good in the second half against Jedinstva and to face the game with Spurs as ready as possible. Real trials await us," Gašić said.
One of Sutjeska's trump cards will be Vladimir Tomašević.
"We will do our best to prepare well for the match with Spurs and open the bubble with a victory. We defeated Lovćen in the domestic championship. The match against Podgorica will be difficult - we know their players - many of them played for Sutjeska. I played for them last season. It will be an interesting match", Tomašević expects.
Ilija Varajić, the youngest in the Sutjeska team, is an optimist.
"This 'balloon' will be harder than the previous two. I hope that we will prepare well and try to record all three victories," Varajić said.
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