Zoran Filipović made his debut when Montenegro also won against Hungary, Zlatko Cico Kranjčar lost the first three (friendly) matches, Branko Brnović had a fiery premier duel with England (2:2), Ljubiša Tumbaković had to congratulate the Greeks, while Faruk Hadžibegić and Miodrag Radulović started with victories over Hungary and Latvia...
The moment has come for the debut of the seventh head coach of the Falcons, for the beginning of the era of Robert Prosinečki, who is undoubtedly the biggest football name who will lead Montenegro from the bench.
Our national team opens a new cycle in Antalya - Montenegro will play a friendly match against Belarus today at the Sports Complex "Mardan" from 18:XNUMX.
"The result is not the most important thing, but it's always nice to win and it would be good for the atmosphere and everything that follows," said Prosinečki at the press conference before this match. to a big competition and it is important that we are real competitors there and able to play with everyone".
Football is a lot of fun
The new selector does not hide that he wants a new Montenegro...
"Yes, I would like to see a different national team than so far, which does not mean that it was not good, because it lacked a little for the big competition," says the Croatian expert.
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He emphasized that they will try to fix that something that was missing.
"Let's be a team that loves and wants to play, because football is great fun and that's how it should be viewed - with the professionalism that must exist, and our boys are outstanding and will give everything to get a good result," said Prosinečki.
Possession...
Belarus is made up of a mix of experienced and young players, who mostly play in their homeland and Russia, and it seems that in the game of the Spanish expert Carlos Alos, everything revolves around the midfielder Max Ebong, who stood out with goals in the last qualifiers for Euro 2024.
"Belarus has quality and plays hard, defensively it is strong and dangerous in counterattacks. Its players know what they want and they are not an easy opponent at all," Prosinecki explained.
However...
"We are focused on our national team - I am most interested in what we can show. We want to have more possession of the ball and implement what we envisioned," concluded the Montenegrin coach.
The match between Montenegro and Belarus will be played at the "Mardan" Sports Complex, with a capacity of 7.428. It is mainly used for preparatory matches, and in 2008 it hosted the final match of the European Championship for players up to 17 years old.
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