6/11/2024 | Europe | www.vaterpolovesti.com

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Radomir Drašović reinforced Radnički: Our championship ambitions match

Radomir Drašović, Fukoka World Cup 2023
(Photo: Albert ten Hove / Orange Pictures / Water Polo Federation of Serbia)

The Serbian national team player, Radomir Drašović, is the new reinforcement of Radniki for the new season, in which the people of Kragujevac will have very big ambitions as things stand now.

Drašović wore the cap of Novi Belgrade in the previous three seasons, with whom he participated twice in the final tournament of the Champions League and won six domestic trophies. Before Novi Belgrade, he wore the cap of Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Solnok, Sport Management and Singidunum, where he started his career. He played 120 games for the national team and scored 131 goals.

Uroš Stevanović's team has been strengthened so far by Strahinja Rašović and Radoslav Filipović, while negotiations with Petar Jakšić, Dušan Vasić and Nikola Murišić are still ongoing.

- In general, I liked the whole project of Radničko, which was presented to me by coach Uroš Stevanović and director Jugoslav Vasović. The club ambitions and my personal ambitions coincide, and playing with my domestic teammates from the national team, great champions, is an additional reason for my coming to Kragujevac. We agreed on cooperation very quickly - said Drašović.

Drasovic Novi Beograd Radnicki
(Photo: VK Novi Beograd)

Radnicki's mosaic for the upcoming season is slowly being assembled, and the reliable defender has no doubt that he will fit in easily.

- I have already played with most of the new teammates, and with some even for a longer period of time, such as Strahinja Rašović, Radoslav Filipović, Filip Janković... I don't think it will be a problem for me or the whole team to fit in. With good work and atmosphere, we will reach the desired level of fitness easier and faster. I know Uros' system very well, we have been working in the national team for less than two years and the relationship and cooperation have already developed a lot. That's certainly one of the reasons I'm coming - Drašović said.

Through direct duels with the people of Kragujevac, Drašović was able to see for himself what kind of team it was.

- I played for Novi Beograd for the last three years and I can freely say that Radnički was the biggest obstacle for us to achieve our goals. They played at an enviable level, they were decorated with a good team spirit and aggressiveness, for which they are recognizable throughout Europe. I really like that and it's definitely something we should keep – added Drašović.

Radomir Drasovic, World Championship in Doha 2024.
(Photo: MTB-Photo.com / Marcel ter Bals / Water Polo Federation of Serbia)

Radnički will play on four fronts this season, the domestic Super League and the Cup, the Adriatic League, while in Europe they will start from the Champions League qualifiers.

- It is still too early to talk. Ambitions are certainly at the highest level in domestic competitions and the Regional League, and if we reach what we need for European competitions, I do not hesitate to say that we will do our best to attack the European trophy as well. The long-term project is to win the Champions League and I hope we will succeed in that – concluded Drašović.


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