Nikolics: Working under Pal Dardai feels as if he has been managing the national team for years

- The national team have been preparing at Telki before they play two European Championship qualifiers, with the first against Romania and the second with Faroe Islands. What is the atmosphere like in the national team?

Although we did not begin the qualification period too well, losing at home to Northern Ireland, there is now a positive feeling within the national team. All of the players want to prove themselves so we are all very motivated. The players would like to make up for the most recent match where the result did not go the way we had wanted it to. 

- Pal Dardai is a very young, but at the same time has vast international experience as he takes over the national team. What are your first impressions of him?

I can only say good things about him. He has the respect of all of the players. Although we are talking about a very young coach, who understands really well the language of the players, and also has some serious international experience, which is now paying interest. Despite the fact that he has only been national team manager for a few days, working with him feels as if he has been managing the national team for years. He tries to pass on as much as he can from what he picked up during his career abroad. 

- What are the concrete targets for the next two international matches?

We have so far not spoken about the minimal requirement of points, although I feel that the minimum would be 4 points, but I am sure that we will go out on to the pitch so that there is 6 points next to our name after 3 matches. We have carried out really good work over the last few days, with us having two training sessions daily. We have also spent a lot of time studying our opponents. I would say once again that we will do everything to win back the disappointed Hungarian supporters.