Football players from Zrinjsko and Velež will play the derby of the 27th round of the WWin Football League BiH on Friday, April 3. Rođeni’s staff are optimistic about tomorrow’s match and hope to win the third Mostar derby this season.
Velež coach Ibro Rahimić announced the derby on Thursday at a press conference, which he opened by congratulating the BiH football team and coach Sergej Barbarez, saying that everyone in Velež was delighted by the placement and that the placement itself will lead to the improvement of BiH. football.
Furthermore, he said that the Mostar derby is a special match, with “a lot of energy”.
We worked well and prepared well. We expect a lot of duel play and pressureI hope that after the break the football players kept their preparation. We enter this derby optimistically. Both we and Zrinjski approach the city derby with the charge to winRahimic said.
For most of the championship, Zrinjski was in an equal fight for the title, and now the gap has increased. However, the coach of Rođeni does not believe that it will affect the game of Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow. champion.
I think the game of Zrinjski it will not be affected by the fact that the gap behind Borce has increased. Both we and they enter the derbies with a strong charge to win. City derbies are like that. We prepared well, in the conversation with the players I emphasized that this game is very important, said Rahimić and added that the victory in the 53rd city derby would strengthen them for the continuation of the competition.
I think that at this moment the team is quite stable. We can rightly expect a positive result. I want the players to be calm and focused on the gamethe coach of Velež points out.
Almost all Velež football players are ready for tomorrow’s derby.
Some players were problematic as far as injuries are concerned. Hrkać has recovered, although I am not sure that I will risk him because we have a lot of games ahead of us. Abdullah trained for two days with us, the situation is better there, Šarić, Mešić and Milak have come, maybe Mešić will be on the bench and come on in the sequel. Everyone else is healthyRahimić confirmed.
Velež is currently playing on “two fronts”, both in the cup where they are in the semi-finals and in the championship where they are in fourth place.
What we achieved, we proved that we are physically good. Now there are only some details left to fix, in some segments we are much better now than we were, and that makes me happy. I am confident in my team, I know that they will not play badly, no matter who is against them. We play both the cup and the championship, we don’t give up on either. And to win the cup, we will still go for all the victories in the championship, says the coach of Born.
Attacker of Velež Mico Kuzmanovic he said that the derby is a specific match.
This is one of the most important matches of the season, we are aware of the strength of the Zrinjski team, but we also know where their weaknesses are. We trained and worked well, and tomorrow we want to show on the field and win. The derby is a specific match and can be decided by the details. We need to beware of Zrinjski’s offensive line, but on the other hand, they also need to beware of us said Kuzmanovic.
Kuzmanović promised the fans that every Velež football player will leave his heart on the field every minute tomorrow.
We need to look at ourselves, we trained well and we want to transfer that to the field tomorrow. When you ask any player which games are the best, it’s the derby games. It’s the matches that are remembered, and I hope that tomorrow’s derby will remain a good memory for usconcluded Kuzmanović.
The last meeting between Velež and Zrinjski ended in a draw (1:1), which ended the streak of five victories of Zrinjski in matches, which before that draw had won 10 of the last 11 meetings.
On the other hand, Zrinjski celebrated in the last three away games at the Rođeni stadium in Mostar’s Vrapčići. Velež’s last home victory dates back to 2023.
The match is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m.
(Fena | Photo: Mateo Marinović)
