NK Istra 1961 was officially presented by a new trainer of the first team. At the Media Conference, Sasa Bjelanović and Coach Oriol Riera, who introduced himself and answered the media issues.
Sasa Bjelanovic’s sports director discovered that they had already talked to Rier during the summer.
We knew his way of thinking and work, the agreement happened now and on this occasion I wish him much happiness and success. He is a young generation of coacheswho lives for football and who will certainly bring new energy and new ideas, thus the progress of our team that I think is very competitive and very good on paper, and must and must be better than what we have previously displayed.Bjelanovic said.
The new trainer Istra said he was happy and excited to be in the new environment and which he met his players.
I know all of them since last season, I followed the matches, We know their potential which they can reach again. We talked, and the topic of the conversation was that this potential was achieved again, everything is now on time and self-confidence. In March, we started following all the matches intensively, we accompanied all the meetings last and this season, analyzed the next rival as those that are just followed, Riera began.
The Spaniard is added to how he believes in the team and has confidence to continue the season.
We will try to apply what this team is used to, play with the ball, be dominant, be aggressiveand it’s just a matter of time to get to that Level. Step by step and week per week. I think we have a great team, I don’t think only on the starting eleventh, but on all the players. We need to be brave, apply on the ground all we have done all week and I believe we will come to what we want.
The new trainer of Istria also announced an upcoming match.
We play a match on Sunday against Osijeka team that plays very good football, have good transitions. It is realistic that we do not have enough time to prepare, but we will do our best and show it on the ground. We will try to apply your plan and be aggressive. We have great players, they play amazing football, it is up to us to give them tools, self-confidence and solutions that can apply on the groundOriol Rier’s trainer said.
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