Marko Nikolic: These games help our preparation

The two managers shared their thoughts on Saturday's pre-season friendly. 

Marko Nikolic:

We played another "mixed" side in the two periods today. We lost  right at the end but I have to admit that Osijek were the better side. We did not play well in today's game. You could see that we were not that fresh as we have had lots of hard work in training. I was satisfied with the tempo and attitude. These games help our preparation and we will continue to train from tomorrow. 

Zoran Zekic:

I gave the chance to 25 players in today's game. You could see that  both teams were tired as we are in this part of pre-season. Vidi were not that strong as they were earlier in the championship. This is understandable as they only finished the last season 20 days ago. We have several good young players and we will see how far we can go in Europe. We have Henty that has just arrived and we expect a lot from him. I want us to go through the first qualifier and then we could be playing Glasgow Rangers. 

Author: David Rechnitzer

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