“I say repeatedly that we are the favourites. Tomorrow it will show on the pitch, I expect us to win. We are excellently prepared,” said Petrič, who has been leading Partizan since August 12, at the pre-match press conference.
However, he has respect from coach Martin Svědík’s wards. “Slovakia plays strong fast football, similar to the teams from England. But we are not afraid, we have to adapt. We know it’s a completely different game than we played at the weekend,” he said, referring to Saturday’s 5-1 win at Kolubara’s pitch.
However, Petrič subsequently indicated that Slovácko is an outsider to the core group. “We will fight with Cologne and Nice for promotion. We believe that we will start in Europe in the spring as well,” he estimated the development of the autumn battles in the Conference League.
