Halilović performs from the first minute, we is not going to play in 3-5-2 – Muricas News

Xerxes Cosmi: 4 video games, one level, zero targets. Rijeka just isn't as headless as when the Italian first got here, however it's the final one on the desk.

And when requested by a colleague from Rijeka’s each day newspaper in Italian, ‘Do you're feeling that your place is questionable in case you don’t win the subsequent recreation or two? The Italian from the Rijeka bench answered:

– That could be a very Italian query! I didn't count on such a factor. What if I win 5 video games in a row then I’ll be asking for 2 extra years of my contract? I got here to get Rijeka out of a tough state of affairs that I actually didn't convey her into, and I'm solely targeted on that.

In comparison with the final spherical, Rijeka is coming again Selahi, Vukčević, Vučkić, Mateo Pavlović, Jurišić… He might be missed Krešić i Vrančićand from the primary minute they'll play – Alen Halilović.

– Alen has recovered, he's prepared and can begin the match. He must play to get in form. I hope he'll perceive how huge and vital a participant he's and the way a lot his workforce wants him – mentioned Cosmi and continued:

– I skilled high gamers equivalent to Milito, Miccoli, Cuadrado, Di Natale, Muriel i… Halilović belongs to that group of absolute lessons. Generally the absurdity occurs that these very gifted gamers don't make the massive step ahead that they need to, exactly due to their expertise. The truth that he was as soon as in Barcelona and Milan, and at present he's right here, implies that he has misplaced a part of his profession.

Which one will they begin in Rijeka?

– It's as much as him and solely him to do it. He doesn't depend upon me, nor on the president, nor on his girlfriend, nor on mother and pa, nor on anybody else… Solely he can try this. It is just as much as him to lastly use what pricey God has given him, this worldly expertise, in the fitting approach.

Gorica, Rijeka’s frequent ‘black cat’?

– They've gained essentially the most balls within the league. This clearly tells us that they don't seem to be solely tactically properly organized, but in addition a workforce with the fitting mentality and optimistic aggression. Full respect to Gorica. I hope that it's in opposition to them that we open a brand new, optimistic chapter in Rijeka from Sunday. No, we is not going to play in 3-5-2.

All of the gamers hold saying that the environment within the workforce is sweet, however Rijeka just isn't getting any higher. Are there divisions and clans within the locker room?

– There's none. However the actual outcomes will come after they grow to be conscious that they play for one Rijeka and after they present true belonging to this membership and the membership’s colours.

You introduced a minimize after Hajduk?

– Not a minimize, however that everybody is on the take a look at concerning the workforce we are going to create for the second a part of the season – mentioned Cosmi.

The truth that he introduced that Rijeka is not going to play in 3-5-2 doesn't essentially imply that they'll play with 4 behind, however that they'll go for 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1, so they'll nonetheless play with three stoppers.