Adžić: The team showed that it is worth and can do a lot

The coach of Budućnost Dragan Adžić was, quite understandably, happy about the victory over Vardar, but he also assessed that the game was not perfect.

"I'm glad that the girls thanked the best audience with the right attitude, which helped to build this kind of Future over the course of 30 years. Neli said that we are like a family and it is phenomenal that someone who has been with us for such a short time noticed that. Vardar was a huge challenge for us, because due to the injuries of Kristina Neagu, Kinga Ahruk and Marta Žderić, who has a serious Achilles tendon injury, they did not train and will rest next week. The younger players left their mark, and I am glad that we adapted to the judging criteria and proved that Buducnost is not a rough team, but that it plays the best defense and knows how to respond to every criterion. I want Vardar to get out of this and beat everyone until the end, except us," said Adžić, who could not even count on goalkeeper Ešraf Abdala due to a knee injury.

In the Buducnosti game, not everything was great, there were also oscillations during the 2nd half.

"All this is expected, it is normal that it happens because of the condition of certain players. There was a drop in concentration, but the team's calmness and safety were not lost. There were seven or eight bad returns to the defense, but this team showed that it is worth it and can do a lot. We needed a game like this to get into a competitive rhythm."

Radmila Petrović, who has been out of the field for two months due to the mononucleosis virus, is returning to the training process.

"Rada starts light training tomorrow and it will take her three to four weeks to join the team. We won't push her, but given her ability to bounce back quickly, I believe she will play some games in the second phase. I also hope that Suzana Lazović will be able to return to the field after six weeks of meniscus surgery. Until then, he will do some training on the side, to prepare for the end of the Champions League and the pre-Olympic qualification tournament".

The best player in Vardar, which is known as an attacking team, was a girl who only plays defense in the national team of Montenegro - Andrea Klikovac. She scored four goals, forced two seven-pointers and broke through the defensive wall of the home team several times.

"I especially appreciate Andrea, and if anyone should have scored goals, it should have been her, or Jovanka Radičević and Itana Grbić." When we win and our guys play well, I'm overjoyed. "Andrea deserves to build his career as he has been doing it since the first day," concluded Adžić.

Vardar coach Jan Pitlik assessed that Buducnost was much better.

"Congratulations to Buducnost, she played a very good game, especially in defense. We had a problem in attack, and the goalkeeper was very good, for which the defense is also responsible. On the other hand, we were not good defensively, Buducnost scored goals as we knew they would. In the end, the team surrendered, that's why there were a lot of easy goals," said the former coach of Denmark, who is leaving the Vardar bench at the end of the season, and currently shares it with Indira Kastratović.