Steaua – CSM Oradea the first important test of the championship for the representatives of Romania in the Champions League

Steaua and CSM Oradea will play today at Open a rehearsal for the Champions League duels. The two teams will play in the same group, alongside Novi Beograd and Hanover.

The team coached by Montenegrin Petar Kovacevic produced the surprise in the Champions League preliminaries winning the group from Oradea and in the championship one of the candidates for the title is announced again. to change the team's face and game and now CSM Oradea is in the Champions League groups.

I came here because I really wanted to work with this club. I knew the conditions were very good. We have our pool, not just one, we have 3-4 pools and I know there is a lot of potential here in Oradea. We are talking about young players and many coaches who work with young players. So, my idea was, and I also spoke with the president Şerban Sere, who presented me with his project, to make a system that will give results in the future.

So, I came here, as I enter a mine, trying to lay a foundation and work on the problems I discover. We started from the ground up and worked to correct these anomalies and reach a fair level. Also, when it comes to matches, we try to win every game and have this attitude to jump into the water and play even against the best, maybe the champions of Europe. We want when we jump in the water to think we're going to win against them. After that, maybe we can lose by 10 or 15 goals, but that is, for me, acceptable. So the tournament in Oradea was interesting for me, I saw how the players reacted to all these issues.

I am happy because we fought and tried to put into practice what we did in training . So, with or without mistakes, but for me as a coach and for every coach, it's important to see players getting involved and trying to apply, sometimes successfully or not, what they do in training. And the group is good, they are very good guys.

And I am happy for them. I think only two players have played in the Champions League so it will be a new experience. And now the next step is something else. Playing in the Champions League requires a lot of organization from the club, the team, the staff, the medical staff, because there will be a lot of demanding games and at the same time there will be the domestic championship. So it's a bit of a complicated situation. Who knows, maybe we took this first step a little early, but we, as I said, always jump to win. So, we took advantage of this opportunity and we will work to be ready for the next games.

In the Champions League groups, you will meet Steaua again, the main opponent in the championship.

There are not many countries in this situation. Romania still has a good team. I hope that Steaua and Oradea will qualify together further on. I really want Steaua to do well in the Champions League because this is important for all polo in Romania. So, when we play against them I want us to win and then, when Steaua plays with the other teams, I will watch the matches and support them.

It will be an interesting domestic championship!

Yes, very interesting. Dinamo transferred four very good and experienced players, compared to last year, I saw them here, and Rapid as well. I think it will be a very complicated championship. But we have no pressure, I can say that everything is fine.