Al-Dhafra coach, Serbian Vuk Razovic, kidnapped the limelight after he led his team to qualify for the final match of the President’s Cup of Football, for the second time in a row at the local level, and the third at the Arab level, after he led Saudi Al-Faisaly to the final of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup before losing In front of the Saudi Federation, 2017-2018 season.
Razovic succeeded, yesterday, in leading Al Dhafra to reach the final match of the President’s Cup, at the expense of Bani Yas, who defeated him with a goal without reply after extending an additional time for the third consecutive game, in which the team appears in the cup without the match ending in its original time Al Dhafra was forced to fight 120 minutes in front of Ajman and Al Jazeera, then Baniyas, before settling these confrontations in extra time.
Razovic started his coaching career in 2005 with the Serbian Serbian team, then worked as a coach assistant with the Serbian Partizan team in 2008, and then moved on to coach the Serbian Teleoptic team in 2011, after which he took over the Serbian Partizan in 2012 and worked with him for two years.
Razovic has made many achievements, as he won the Serbian League title with Partizan three times in 2008, 2009 and 2010 as an assistant coach and qualified for the group stage in the Champions League three times, and also won the Serbian League title with Serbian Partizan Club in 2012.
Al-Razovic vowed to Al Ain in the final match of the President’s Cup, stressing that his team is ready to surprise in that confrontation.
He said in the press conference after the Bani Yas match, that his team achieved a great achievement by qualifying for the cup final for the second time in a row.
He added: "It was a very difficult match, but the most important thing is that we reached the final for the second time in a row, and I am confident that the players can appear differently and better than the image we appeared in last season's final."
He said: «When I qualified with Al-Faisaly to the Cup final, it was the first time in the club’s history, as we played against strong clubs and their capabilities are great, such as Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia in front of 60,000 spectators in Jeddah, and the same is true for Al Dhafra last season, as we played against Al-Ahly youth who He owns a good group of players, but I trust that this time we will be able to achieve a surprise, knowing that obtaining second place and silver medals is not a simple thing, and it was an important event for us ».
Schaefer: Baniyas miss the last touch in front of Al Dhafra goal
Bani Yas coach, German Winfried Schaefer, said that his team presented a strong match against Al Dhafra in the President's Cup semi-final, despite the loss, pointing out that his team lacked the final touch against the opponent's goal.
He said in a press conference: “I congratulate Al Dhafra for their qualification to the final, certainly we are not happy with the loss, we were hoping to qualify, and we had to think about how to return the players to the atmosphere of the upcoming matches, we were good in the second half, and there was a real opportunity to win Fawwana, and we wasted more than one opportunity ».