It took little for Stevan Jovetić to gain the absolute trust of Monaco coach Roberto Moreno.
After returning to the field after a serious injury and knee surgery, and a break of eight months, Jovetić gradually got a chance in the first team, and on Tuesday he was a starter for the first time in the championship and immediately decided the match.
With his goal, Monaco defeated Angers, ended a series of three defeats in the championship and entered a quieter phase of the season, with the aim of trying until the end to capture the place that leads to Europe.
"Against Angers, we didn't play the way we wanted, maybe only in the first 25 minutes. But it's very important that we won. Now we need to find stability in the game and win the series. We're going for three points against Amiens on Saturday," he said. said Jovetić at a press conference in Monte Carlo, addressing journalists in French.
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"I've been here for almost two years, I've been taking language classes three or four times a week. It was my turn to learn French," said Jovetić, who also speaks Italian, English and Spanish.
Monaco is at a new beginning, with a new coach, with a lot of young players.
"I really like the ideas that the coach has. He forces the game, he wants the ball to be with us, which is very important for Monaco. Robert has been with us for about a month and a half and I think he has already received a lot of good things," Jovetic said. who scored two goals in the four matches in which he played since returning to the field.
Another difficult period is behind him, for the second time in his career he tore knee ligaments, for the second time he went through a hard recovery...
"I'm very happy to be back on the pitch and to play more and more. I feel good, I'm very positive. I've had all the serious injuries in the past, but I wouldn't say it's bad luck. It's normal for a player to be injured twice , because today they play solid football. I left everything behind. I worked hard also on the physical level, eight hours a day. I especially prepared mentally. I am very careful now, so that I don't get injured again," said Jovetić.
Journalists were interested in whether he was thinking about leaving football.
"I never even thought about it. I really love the sport I play. I consider myself a lucky man, because I have the chance to do what I love the most," said Jovetić, who turned 30 three months ago. ,
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