In the 10th round of the Serbian Super League, Vojvodina will play against Novi Pazar away tomorrow. It will be the first match between these two teams after three years, when Novi Pazar participated in the Serbian Super League for the last time. This time, the match will be played without the presence of spectators, who in Novi Pazar, as a rule, provide great support to the home team, but regardless of that, the red and whites are expecting an unpleasent opponent, against whom it will not be easy to score points.

Before this match, a press conference was held at FC Vujadin Boškov in Veternik, and before its start, the acting President of FK Vojvodina Dragoljub Samardžić used the opportunity to present a plaque to the Secretary of the Staff of the Old Lady Dragomir Vukićević, on the occasion of his 250 games on the bench of Vojvodina. Dragomir Vukićević took over the position of Secretary of the Staff on June 21, 2014, and since then he has performed his function continuously in 250 matches, considering that he has not missed a single match during his entire career in Vojvodina.

After the presentation of the plaque, the assistant coach of Vojvodina, Dragan Šarac, addressed the media, with a remark and apology for the fact that the Manager, Nenad Lalatović, was prevented from addressing the journalists in person.

– A difficult match awaits us in Pazar, because that team has shown that it is an unpleasent host. They beat Partizan, and in the last match at home, Inđija too, so we go there with a certain dose of caution. We are maximally concentrated on playing the best and highest quality game, in order to win new points and join the fight for the first place – says Šarac.

Vojvodina will not play complete against Novi Pazar.

– Simić is still injured and we will certainly not be able to count on him for at least another two or three weeks. Bralić is injured too, so he will not go on the road either. Topić is still suffering from an ankle injury and today he has some therapies, so we will not be able to count on him in Pazar either. Everyone else is ready, the atmosphere is good and we are motivated to return to the second place with a victory – Šarac points out.

He notes that he is familiar with the qualities of Novi Pazar.

– They have just entered the league and they have changed the team a lot. They have a lot of new players, mostly from Bosnia, but they have their own quality. They play well from the defensive block, and they perform phenomenally counters through Tomić. They also showed that against Inđija, when they scored a goal from that second pass and won. It will certainly be difficult to break through their block, but it is up to us to try to use their shortcomings and our virtues in order to win points – says Šarac.

The assistant coach of Vojvodina still regrets that the Old Lady failed to qualify for the Europa League playoffs.

– It is a pity that we did not manage to enter the fourth round of qualifications for the Europa League. We played a good match there, just like against Javor, when we lost a bit undeservedly. However, it is football. Sometimes you don’t have a sufficient dose of luck, so it happened to us in Liège that, at the result 1-1, we had two phenomenal chances in the last 10 minutes. If we had used them, maybe everything would have been different. We fell in overtime, conceded a goal right at the beginning and then everything went to their side, and they managed to win. In any case, I think the team is playing well – Šarac points out.

According to him, the match in Novi Pazar will not be much different from other away games in the league.

– I don’t think there is much difference. The players have a great motive to constantly win, because they know that they play in Vojvodina, which is a great club and always seeks the maximum. It is not easy to play in Novi Pazar, but it is easier when you know that there will be no audience, because there are usually five or six thousand spectators – Šarac notes.

After the match against Novi Pazar, there will be a two-week break in the Serbian Super League.

– We will have two or three players who will receive invitations for the national team. I mean on Topić, Zukić, Saničanin… We will work in our FC Vujadin Boškov, where we will play a friendly match next weekend on Saturday, although we have not yet determined the opponent. We will play and prepare for the further course of the season that awaits us, and for now it is not planned to go outside Novi Sad – says Šarac.

In many matches this season, Vojvodina came to victory with goals in the second half, with the advantage being brought by the players who entered the pitch from the bench.

– All players give the maximum for the team to make a turnaround, so there is no difference between 11th, 12th, 13th and 20th player. I think that everyone is the same and that everyone is doing their best, and that they are playing very well this year – said Šarac.

The match between Novi Pazar and Vojvodina will be played at the City Stadium on Saturday, starting at 4 p.m.