Serbian national soccer coach Ivan Jovanovic confirmed that the national team is going through a difficult stage and that his previous results in the joint qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup and Asian Cup 2023 were not good, which poses a great challenge for him, but he is fully confident in the ability of the players to overcome this challenge, stressing that He will work with the players to get the national team out of this crisis and change the national team's image.
Jovanovic said at the introductory press conference held today Monday at the headquarters of the Football Association in Dubai in his first appearance through the media after the Football Association finally contracted him, "although this is the first time that I took over the national team training, after I had previously trained Teams, but my presence in the UAE for six years made me know a lot about Emirates ball and players, and I will do my best to succeed in my mission with the national team, and I expect players to resolve and offer the best. "
Jovanovic stressed that he does not look at the age of the players and that he will choose the most prepared and prepared players for the team, regardless of their age, whether they are 30 or 20 years old.
He added, in response to a question about the rumors in the sports circles that some of the team's coaches previously found the list of players ready, "I do not believe that this thing has happened in the past or will happen in the future, especially since there is a serious football association in its work with evidence of the results achieved by For the national team during the past six years that I was in during my time in the Emirates. "
The coach of the team indicated that the new list for the team will be announced after the end of the 12th round of the Arab Gulf League Al-Qarra on the coming Wednesday and Thursday, pointing out that there will be a rally for the team in Dubai on the third of next month in order to get to know the players.