Hajduk football players are visiting Rujevica on Sunday from 4 pm in the last Adriatic derby of the season. In the last round, the people of Split were defeated by Osijek at home, which caused slight unrest in the Whites’ dressing room. The match was announced by Hajduk coach Gonzalo Garcia.
Garcia reflected on his team’s effort in the last round, which was far from satisfactory.
We are far from first and third place. But the team must improve. Maybe it was a consequence of being far away. I understand the situation we are in. The most important quality a player can have is to play every game as if it were his last. I often watch Bayern matches which plays just like that. It is also a matter of culture. As a football player you have to be happy. I have to demand some things from them. And if I have to motivate them, then they are in the wrong place. If they want to progress, they have to be motivated every gamesaid Garcia, reports HRT.
Garcia points out that he is satisfied with the second place considering that this has been a difficult season.
Oh no. Second place will eventually be good achievement because if you look at the history of the last 20 years, then everything is clear. Some players have improved. Some progressed too quickly, so we had to sell them. There was no luck in the last season. Being second is a good thing, but I don’t want us to give up. It was a difficult season. I never lost motivation. I am happy with the work donehe said.
Hajduk hasn’t won at Rujevica since 2022. Garcia believes to his team, but points out that they must be focused and ready.
We want to play like in the second game against Rijeka. But it’s not over until the referee plays it. We had everything to win, we were good, we were a team. When we play as a team we may not always win, but we will look good. When we are not, then it is not good. We have to be togetherorganized and set out to winhe said.
Finally, Garcia referred to the Rijeka team.
They have quality, that’s clear. I think they are even more suited to play against stronger teams. And then sometimes they struggle against the weaker ones. The league is tied. They could have won a lot more games. They weren’t even luckyconcluded the coach of Hajduk.
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