Montenegrin football players had no right to make a mistake against Gibraltar, and they don't have one in the second round of World Cup qualifiers either.
The opponent is much more serious and dangerous, but the outcome of the duel is expected to be the same as two days ago in Nikšić - the "brave falcons" simply have to justify their role as favorites against the Faroe Islands, who struggled on Saturday and lost 2:1.
Robert Prosinečki's team did not impress in their victory in the premiere, they only broke the resistance of the biggest outsider in the group about twenty minutes before the end (3:1) when Marko Tući and Adam Marušić scored goals three minutes apart to seal the triumph.
Next up are the Farani, a team that has long since ceased to be an amateur team, and everyone in our national team camp is aware of that.
"The French are a good team, we watched the second half of the duel with the Czechs where they scored a goal for 1:1 in the 83st minute. It turned out that they have a good team, and after everything we had last week, we want a better approach, although in the first game we had three big chances at 0:0 - if we had used them, everything would have been different. We are not thinking about anything but winning, but it will be difficult, with a difficult pitch. Although we are used to it - we have been playing all our games in the rain lately," Prosinecki said at a press conference.
MARUŠIĆ HAS PROBLEMS
There will be changes compared to the first game, one of them in goal - Balša Popović, OFK Belgrade's goalkeeper, will make his debut.
"We were thinking before the first game about sparing players who played a lot or had minor problems. Adam Marušić came on and scored a goal, played for half an hour, and got hit and we'll see if he'll be ready. Nikola Šipčić also has problems. We more or less know who will play, and the decision was made earlier that Igor Nikić will defend the first match, and Balša Popović the second," Prosinečki pointed out.
Montenegro knows that it must win six points in the first two rounds if it wants to keep its dream of the World Cup alive.
"In the end, the points are the most important. We won three, we need six from these two matches. Did we play badly? Looking at the statistics, it was good. Free kicks and set pieces caused us problems, we have to work on that, because the French are very dangerous in team segments."
"EVERYTHING IS CLEAR WHEN A REAL PLAYER ENTERS 98 FOR THE FRENCH"
Montenegro learned the name of its final rival in the group last night - it will be Croatia, which lost to France on penalties in the second leg of the Nations League play-offs.
"I said that France is one of the teams that can easily catch up and overcome a 2-0 deficit. It's a young team that has players in the best clubs, everything is clear to you when you see a Real Madrid player enter the game in the 98th minute," said Prosinecki.
The Montenegro - Faroe Islands match is on Tuesday at 20.45:XNUMX p.m.
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