Al-Dhafra coach, Serbian Vuk Razovic, expressed his happiness with his nomination to coach the Emirates team, stressing that he is linked to a contract spanning two seasons with his current team.
Razovic told «Emirates Today» that it is something to be proud of being nominated in the list of names that are differentiated between them to identify the national team coach, explaining: «Certainly this matter makes me happy, but so far there is nothing I can talk about, and I am committed to my contract with Al Dhafra Which was renewed for three seasons last season and extends until 2022. ”
He added: "I live a great experience with Al Dhafra Club, and I am happy with what the team achieved last season, in addition to continuing strong performances and good results this season, and I hope to continue working with the team, to achieve the goals we set at the beginning of the season."
Razovic's name was finally linked to the training of the national team, and Abu Dhabi Sports Channel reported yesterday that Razovic is the next coach for Al-Abyad without mentioning any other details, knowing that the Football Association had previously announced that there are three coaches nominated to train the team, including the Romanian Olayo Kuzmin, and Etihad did not deny The ball or confirms the contract with Razovic.
The Football Association is seeking to sign a new coach for the national team to succeed former coach Ivanovic, to lead the team in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup, knowing that the Asian Football Confederation had recently announced that the remaining four rounds in the World Cup qualifiers will be completed in October and November. The next two.
In response to a question about his vision regarding the completion of the Arab Gulf League next August, or whether it tends to cancel the competition, Razovic said: “I see that concern for the safety of the players and all who participate in organizing the competition is the basis, and focus on it in the first place, as for To complete the remaining seven rounds of the league competition, I am eager to return to the matches, despite the difficulty of that after a long pause due to the pandemic of the Corona virus outbreak. ”
The Serbian coach indicated that Al Dhafra is ready for all possibilities regarding playing the matches of the current season, or canceling the season. He said: «There is nothing we can say we tend to or prefer. Al Dhafra has made good matches since the start of the season, and the team is ready for any decision that will be taken, as we hope to finish the league in an advanced arrangement, and we have qualified for the President’s Cup final for the second time in a row, and we have great ambitions to win the title ».
He continued: «Certainly playing in the month of August will be very difficult, as I have been in the region for a long time, through my previous experiences in the Saudi league, along with my presence with Al Dhafra for the second season in a row, as well as a negative impact on the return of players in the season Next, but I think that the establishment of matches in August will not differ greatly from the atmosphere in clubs when we start the new season at the end of August or early September, because if the league is completed, the clubs will play two or three games at the latest in August, which is what You can afford it. ” As for the difference between his experience in the Saudi league with Al-Faisaly, Al Dhafra training, and the level of the Arab Gulf League, he said: «There is no big difference, and I see that the most prominent thing that distinguishes the Saudi league is the increase in the number of foreign players, which contributed to the high levels of clubs, while I also see The levels in the Arab Gulf League are very excellent, and the competition is strong among all clubs. ”
Long march
It is noteworthy that the Serbian coach Vuk Razovic started his training career in 2005 with the Serbian Serbian team, then worked as an assistant coach with the Serbian Partizan team in 2008, and won the league title three years in a row, and also qualified with the team for the group stage in the UEFA Champions League three times as well, Razovic later moved to coach the Serbian TeleTopec team in 2011, to return thereafter and to take over the Serbian Partizan in 2013 for two years, then Dynamo Minsk Nabridak Krushevats, while he went through his first experience outside Serbia to take over as coach of Al-Faisaly Saudi in the 2017-2018 season.
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• “In the event that the league is completed, the clubs will play two or three games at the latest in the month of August, which can be tolerated.”