„Where logic begins, our spaces end”
Ivan Golaclegendary football player and coach Partizan, he gave an interview to Meridian sport regarding the current situation in the club, including bad results and personnel changes.
Under the guidance of a coach Aleksandar StanojevićPartizan suffered setbacks in European competitions, becoming the first team to be relegated from qualifying for all three UEFA competitions in one season.
In addition, the black and whites lost important points in the domestic championship, which further worsened the situation in the club.
“I haven’t been at the club for a long time, but of course I follow everything that happens in and around Partizan. Nobody knows who makes these decisions. Everything is quite strange. I know how they work and how much they have done. Personal work speaks about each of us. Reincarnations happen in Partizan. That is already for Indian philosophy. Where logic begins, our spaces end”.
“It’s a job that he hasn’t guessed some names in so many years. They were much better players than those from last season, for example. It is a responsible position, a very serious one. A lot depends on her on the field. The coach has to deal with what he gets at his disposal. To improve that semi-finished product. If we analyze all the foreigners who came to Partizan, it will become clear that 98 percent are big failures. The coach has to find a position for them. For me, Sejduba Suma and Umar Sadik are the best foreign players. Sadik is not a great football expert, but he was decorated with great energy. We defenders don’t like it when the point guards constantly attack you, press you. Then you can’t organize the attack nicely. He could also contribute in transition. That’s a very good potential. Good and quality work would bring him a serious career. Not to talk too much about failures… When we bring a little seriousness to our story, I wonder which quality player will come to our league? It is empty talk, for dilettantes and the ignorant. Unfortunately, there are many of them, and that’s why they do it. That’s matchmaking. When we sold one player for 25,30, 50 million? Dinamo does that easily. There is a big difference in knowledge. A lot of knowledge, connections and quality are necessary”, said the former Southampton and Manchester City player, then continued:
“I have never been against foreigners, because I have often been one myself. But that stranger has to be at least twice as good as what we already have. Their earnings are in the millions annually. For the salary of one of them, we can train eight local players from the youth team. This is a condition for something we can call the “future”. Their job is to come and take money, whether they play or not. In this “ding dong” league, if you play a good game, or maybe on the European stage, you immediately move on. For them, this is a stopover. The best indicator of all this is the number of visitors. We had three thousand, five thousand fans at the training sessions. That’s more than many teams put together in their matches. It is a measure of the quality of work for the person in charge of that job”.
In Humska, they often hired players who had modest playing time in far weaker teams from the Super League.
“Partizan has not been a serious club for a long time. We had world manners, we were a world club, until 25 years ago. He has no house, no housing, no host. There is nothing valuable to show that it is a serious club that knows what it wants, that has a strategy. Previously, Partizan, Zvezda and other big clubs took players from lower leagues, but what they would take would be worth it. It was a pledge for the future, new holders. Bringing in order players for the sake of it is a complete failure. Either it’s some suspicious, immature scheme, or someone has no idea what they’re doing.”
Dynamo Kyiv cruelly extinguished the dreams of the black and whites about the European elite, and a slightly more uncertain struggle was seen in the matches against Lugano (LE) and Gent (LK).
“Records are there to be broken. We demolish these negatives. Which is sad and unfortunate. I said even before the competition that our chances are minimal, because of the way things are done. Many chances were missed. That league conference is like our league. In the past, such competitions were intended for the poor, to pick up some grain. We didn’t even do that. Not to mention the championship, because the championship is the end of the story for Partizan. Any serious club that has only a point lead in our league, let alone two, has completed its mission. Not to mention three or four. The manner or behavior alone does not say anything. There are no serious statements from the club. They are truly not worth where they are. It is always easiest to change the coach. That’s how they bring them. None of the coaches were chosen in a healthy, normal way. Confirmation that it is frivolous. On the basis of what criteria are officials, coaches, players brought in”, pointed out Golac and then added in the same breath:
“This is not surprising, because when you look at the Alliance, you see that there is not much difference in work. We couldn’t be more different. A lot of dilettantism, a lot of illiterate and ignorant people. A nation that had to be among the three, four best in Europe, has become a soccer pauper who is absolutely wandering. Comedy. We don’t have serious matches. I grew up in Dedinja, where the park gave birth to many footballers. During the 60s, world circuses came to Belgrade. We went with our parents to watch, but the main actors were neither elephants, nor horses, nor lions jumping through rings of fire – but clowns. Nothing has changed, and only 60 years have passed. I’m sorry that Partizan is so mean. My generation won the most powerful title in the history of Yugoslav football. We are Steamroller, no one else. By UEFA 14 years ago, our match with Celtic was declared in the 10 best matches ever. That match should be broadcast on television once a week, for children to watch. It was not the FSS that declared it, but UEFA. We have no affiliation, no perspective”, concluded Ivan Golac in an interview for Meridian sport.
Source: hotsport.rs
