The sailor's debut in Europe was more than successful. With a 2:1 victory over Dinamo from Tbilisi in the first round of qualification for the Conference League, with a calm game on the ball, without cramps or fear that would "tie" the legs, which was a feature of numerous previous performances of Montenegrin clubs in the European Cups. Barani thus fulfilled their promises, even more than that, and Zoran Đurašković's team played against their trophy rival as if they had many games behind them on the international stage...
However, the half-time has only ended, Mornar has something to defend in the second leg on Thursday.
- We showed Europe that club football exists in Montenegro. We fulfilled our promise, we played bravely and likeably, and the crowd showed it all at the end of the game, when they saw off my players with applause and ovations. And they deserve praise from me, from the goalkeeper to the forwards, from the first to the last - everyone fulfilled all the tasks. And more than that. At least for 70 minutes we were a better rival, but it is obvious that we still needed about 14 days of preparation for that level. Dinamo remains the favorite, although if we had not conceded that goal in the last attack of the game, I would have considered that we are closer to passing and a duel with Radnički from Kragujevac in the second round, which is the dream of all of us - said Đurašković.
Everything was as it should be from the very beginning of the game. Great game, meaningful actions, effective attacks, especially the setup where the defense starts by pressing the attackers. Even before Marko Đurišić's Eurogoal in the 20th minute, and then his assist three minutes later for Milan Vušurović's goal, Chris Marlon Ondong-Emba had a good chance, and the statistics show how good Mornar was until halftime - only one half-chance for the guests. while Barani, in addition to two goals and a goal, also had eight more promising actions than the opposing team.
- Praise is coming from all sides, both domestically and from the professional public from the region. Here, in Serbia, they point out that out of their four teams last season, only Partizan won a point, and we already have a victory - this is significant for the coefficient of our league. And of course we want to play bravely on the road, with our attacking football. Be sure that we will not defend that goal advantage. In the second leg, I won't be able to count only on Ermin Seratlić, who may have been sent off too harshly, because I think he had a clear intention to go for the ball, not the player. However, because of that conceded goal, with one less player, my players did not celebrate the victory with a smile, and they should have... They endured everything emotionally, but their smile will return, because we won the Conference League on May 25, the day we were placed in Europe for the first time in the club's history. Every good action, goal, all that is now just a bonus - believes Đurašković.
The sailor will prepare in Bar until his departure for Tbilisi on Tuesday. The second leg is on Thursday at 19:XNUMX.
- I don't think that the support of Dinamo's audience will negatively affect my team. It's always nicer when you play in front of as many fans as possible. Football is a game that is played for the audience... Did Georgia have an excellent performance at the Euros, as many as 11 Dinamo players were in the semi-finals of the European Youth Championship, they have a huge budget, history and many trophies. All that stands, but football is a strange game... It turned out that we did an excellent job of scouting, we clearly saw that their attack is the stronger part of the team, we took advantage of the mistakes we noticed in their defense. Now we have received more information, namely that in Podgorica they had a new player in the team, David Škitraladze, a striker who played in Turkey - concluded Đurašković.
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