HŠK Zrinjski Mostar football players started preparations for the spring part of the season on Friday.
Professional staff gathered the Nobles at 10 a.m. at the HŠK Zrinjski stadium, and after a short meeting with the club’s immediate management, they also first training session where Igor Štimac and his assistants had at their disposal 28 players.
At the beginning of the preparations, first of all, we want to make it clear that we must be proud of what has been achieved in the year behind us. You have shown quality and character many times, but the new year brings new challengesnew matches and even higher expectations. Zrinjski is a club that is not satisfied with what has been achieved, but he always wants more. We sincerely believe in you and this expert staff. We ask you for seriousness, dedication and maximum engagement, and you will certainly have the support of the clubsaid the president of HŠK Zrinjski Denis Lasic to the players before the start of the preparations.
Zrinjski started preparations for the second part of the season without several players from the autumn frame.
Ilija Mašić, Jakov Pranjić and Vitalie Damascan this winter they will leave the ranks of the champions, Ante Sušak and Mihajlo Ševa went on loan to NK Rudeš and FK Laktaši respectively, while Darko Velkovski, Ivan Posavec, Slobodan Jakovljević and Nemanja Bilbija were justifiably absent – Jakovljević will join the training process on Sunday, while captain Bilbija is in the process of recovering from an injury against Borac.
Ilija Mašić left HSK Zrinjski Mostar
He joined the first team junior Antonio Arapovicwhile the preparations with the Nobles began Toma Palić and Luka Matanovićwho will try to impose himself on the coaching staff through training.
We will remember the year behind us in a new way championship title which is always the main goal of HSK Zrinjskithen the first Super Cup, but also the great success we achieved in the Conference League. For the first time in the history of winter training, we are starting as a club that is still active in Europe, so we have achieved another of the goals that we had set as a club. We succeeded because we believed, but we want more and you are aware of that. We want to become the first club from BiH which has reached the figure of ten championship titles, in the Cup and Supercup we also have the obligation to try to do the most, and we want to make an additional step forward in Europesaid the vice president Danko Šulenta players at the first gathering in 2026, it was announced on the official website of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar.
After the introductory training and testing, Zrinjski will continue his preparations on Monday at the Medjugorje Sport Center, and below we make statements Igor Štimac and Hrvoj Barišić on the eve of the start of preparations.
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