Nikolic: “We showed that when we are bad in attack, our defense will be there“

Jovica Nikolic

Vojvodina - Motor Zaporozhye 25:22 (14:8)
(Ilic 9, Nikolic 5 / Kasai 8, Gurkovsky 4) 

Boris Rojevic, Vojvodina coach:
After a good first half, my players just complicated the game in second half. Instead of tackling the match on time, they relaxed. This is inappropriate from them. Just like our opponents did, we also played without several players, exactly five of them. This victory is important to us. Now we need to prepare for Saturday's match in the EHF Cup against Ademar Leon.

Jovica Nikolic, Vojvodina player:
We did not play well in attack. Once again, we showed that when we are bad in attack, the defense will be there. I have to admit we were tired of traveling from Slovakia. I am after all very happy for this victory. 

Rostislav Lanevych, Motor Zaporozhye assistant coach:
We came here without a few standard players after our tough match against Vardar. We were aware that if we were not complete, it would be hard to win. But, our young players represented the future of Motor Zaporozhye.  We have a tough calendar and the long journey home is in front of us. The first half was really bad, we were much better in the second half. We have to move on from this defeat. 

Artem Kozakevych, Motor Zaporozhye player:
Today, we played without several important players and that's why we had a really young team. Vojvodina were better today. We played well just in the second half of the match.