“I am responsible for all bad results or failure, that’s why I said and I repeat. The players should not be touched, you can ask me anything.”
Football team Serbia in the following days they will play matches in A division of the League of Nationsagainst Spain i Danes. Orlovi will welcome first on September 5 Spaniardsand then four days later he will host Denmarkand on that occasion, the selector Dragan Stojković Pixi held a press conference in Old Pazova.
He looked back Pixies i on failure on European Championship in Germanyand on that occasion, he also spoke about insults and criticisms on his account.
– Before we start the questions, I have an obligation to go back to the European Championship and the failure we had. We are the responsible people, I in the first place, we made a deep analysis of every detail down to the smallest detail, what caused this result failure. The goal was to qualify for the next round. We had three games, with the English, where we played well and where we had an undeserved defeat and two games where we had a draw. We needed a victory to make a better impression. I am someone who does not criticize the players and always tried to be positive, from my side it will always be like that. On the other hand, we showed progress in some segments, and in others we were not at the level required for such a competition. I consider and believe that the circumstances in which we work and the environment we are in, that placing in a major competition, World or European Championship, is a great success. Of course we want to be better – he began Pixies then continued:
– We lack that one step, a shift in the result, but we didn’t get there. I take the responsibility upon myself. I am the most responsible. All the successes we made while I was a coach, the most deserving players are for them. They were you, but I chose them and put them on the list. If I didn’t, they wouldn’t be here. I was right when I made those decisions. The result we have made since my arrival is very good. Since my arrival in 2021, I have been someone who wanted to bring positive energy and I think I succeeded in that. We created a team with a winning character, worked in a good and positive environment, placement in major competitions and the League of Nations shows that we are on the right path. We are missing something, we need to find it.
Then he touched on the insult…
– There were mistakes from both the player’s side and my side, but they exist to be corrected and for people to find a way to overcome them. Working in football implies that you have to solve mistakes. It is in the description of the results and the coaching job. I accept criticism, I accept constructive criticism, nobody runs away from it. I am not a coach with an exception compared to the others. Between being insulted or insulting, I choose the former. My character does not allow me to insult anyone, if someone has the pleasure of doing it, let them do it. I protect football and in some way support it, I try to represent the country in the best possible way. The responsibility for all bad results or failure is mine, that’s why I said it and I repeat it. The players should not be touched, you can ask me anything.
Source: hotsport.rs
