GORENC and STANKOVIC preview Slovenia v England
GORENC and STANKOVIC preview Slovenia v England
24/06/2024
Cologne Stadium, Germany
24/06/2024
Cologne Stadium, Germany
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00:00And if we can start with the player that would be that would be nice. Any hands?
00:08Gentlemen over there.
00:30We know that this is the last group match and it is an important match, but we are preparing for every other match. We did the training before the match and I think the team is very well prepared for this match.
01:00Hi there, Tom Barkley from The Sun.
01:02England have had a win and a draw, but their performances have been criticised so far. Do you sense some vulnerability in the England team at the moment?
01:12They haven't shown their best abilities, but maybe that will give them even more adrenaline and the chance to show themselves against us.
01:31We are expecting a very disciplined and good team that we will be able to play against with our best abilities. We will try to make the most of it and try to get a positive result that will get us through to the next round.
02:01Hi there, Andrej Milković, I am interested in how the fans are mentally and physically affected by what happened in Mington, what you had to go through in those days, how you put them on their feet and how you see your team, which has been in a bad shape for a long time.
03:02I am very grateful for that and I am proud to be a professor.
03:04As far as the questions are concerned, everyone has been on their feet today. Everyone has been training, some of them have been adjusted to the program, others have been normal.
03:16There are moments that we will still experience in sports, it is normal that it is difficult, but as I said after Mington, we may be disappointed today, but tomorrow we have to be optimistic about the match against a team that I personally consider to be one of the favorites of this championship.
03:46How much experience did South Africa give you? At that time, there was no chance to mentally prepare the team, now there is a new competition. How much experience did South Africa give you to mentally prepare the team for such a tournament?
04:06I am speaking from experience, because I have been telling you for some time now that South Africa and now are two completely different worlds.
04:21All the fans have their own experience, because this is what happens in sports. You win, you don't lose, but you only rematch in a tournament or a championship that you came to as an outsider or as a representative that you will adjust to the goal difference.
04:42We are very happy that today, before the last match in the group, we will still decide on our own in our court about the knowledge and all the respect to the representatives, to the individuals that are waiting for us here in the cellar tomorrow.
05:02I said that such a representative, such a quality can only be a challenge, maybe the biggest challenge of this generation so far, but I have already told you that they will still have a lot of challenges like this, and I am prepared for that.
05:17We tried to calm down, to talk, to analyze what was good, to improve what was not so good.
05:29In short, he already explained to you that he was prepared for this match in a completely ordinary routine, in preparation of our representative for the next opponent.
05:46Do you think now any differently about England on the basis of how they have played in their first two matches?
06:02I hope that you will understand me when I speak in Slovenian, or you will understand everything in the end.
06:09A lot of respect and we know well the qualities of each individual, at what level these players play and how strong they are as a representative.
06:25The beginning of the European Championship is still ahead, I see England as one of the favorites of the European Championship, and the road to the decisive matches is still long.
06:41I don't know if I could ever question the individual qualities and the qualities of the whole team.
07:12Do you have an update on Benjamin Sesko, his fitness?
07:19We had some problems after the match against Serbia, some players trained according to the appropriate program,
07:28everyone trained part of the training today, tomorrow is a long day until the match, after the morning fitness we will see who of the players is capable.
07:41It is clear that the power of the English representative is such that it requires 100% preparation of the players, and we will respond if any of the players have problems.
07:57Benjamin Sesko is one of the best strikers in the Bundesliga, England have also got one of the best strikers in the Bundesliga in Harry Kane.
08:12How would you compare the two players and their approach, and if you had to pick one striker out of the two to be in your team, who would it be?
08:20It is very difficult to compare. One is at the top of his career, a star of European and world football, Harry Kane, and the other has an incredible potential.
08:41I will be happy if Benjamin, as part of the team of the Slovenian national team, will help Slovenia to get into the next round,
08:53and first of all, if he kills Karnicnik, Janša, or maybe if Benjamin will score a goal tomorrow.
09:02All in all, these comparisons are interesting, and I will be very proud if Benjamin will reach the heights of Harry Kane.
09:15Benjamin Sesko has been linked with the move to the Premier League quite a lot in recent months, do you think he has the qualities to be a Premier League star in the future?
09:31I hope we will talk about the match between Slovenia and England today, and that we will talk about the individual career of Benjamin Sesko,
09:42and the foreign player who signed for the top 10 club of European football, Leipzig.
10:02What is the message you have provided to your players? It sounds like you are going to be going in without any fear, is that the message you have given to them?
10:12I don't have any special message. The special message will be after 95 minutes, I hope it will be after 94 minutes.
10:22The fact is that our knowledge of the quality and good matches we have shown, gives us a certain self-confidence, a certain determination.
10:34We will have to play a perfect match to reach our goal, and that is a positive result in one way or another.
10:43I have already said that I respect all of them, but that is the culture of our team, and I am very proud of how the fans are going in every match.
10:54Whether we are playing on one side against England, or on the other side against Malta, or any other national team.
11:01Vanja Drkošić, Jan Mlakar and Boštjan Cesar have all said that they don't overestimate themselves, or that they don't mess up with the math.
11:13Which of the scenarios does Slovenia lead to in the round of 16? How is it with you? What will you be happy with tomorrow?
11:20Imagine that they don't overestimate themselves, and I am overestimating myself.
11:24They overestimated us, especially when it came to the stadium.
11:28They were very meticulous.
11:30Of course, it is interesting for the media to say that they don't care about us.
11:36We all prepared for the match between Scotland and Hungary.
11:41That's just the way it is.
11:43We can't always say everything, because if we mess up, we have to correct ourselves.
11:49If someone else messes up, they have to correct themselves.
11:52But it's all a part of the game, which makes it much more interesting.
11:58Of course, the scenario is clear, but what is more important is that we go into the match 100% prepared and determined.
12:10And that we try to neutralize the quality of the English national team in our own way.
12:18On the other hand, we want to get two goals for our quality, which would ultimately help us to get a positive result.
12:26The match is a big challenge, but it's a big motivation for all of us.
12:35Do you believe that Moran will be able to get the ball back to us?
12:38He has already taken it from us in the last seconds in a cruel way.
12:42Do you believe that he will be able to get the ball back to us?
12:49I already said that in the past.
12:51That he will get it back for sure.
12:53I'm convinced of that.
12:55But if he does that tomorrow, I don't know.
13:00I don't believe that he will be able to do that against the English national team, just by luck.
13:05That would be stupid.
13:08Luck is a challenge, and I believe that the match was not a bad luck.
13:18It was a combination of our weak decisions.
13:23And that's how you should look at things objectively and self-critically,
13:28when you evaluate good things, but also when you evaluate bad things.
13:31We made mistakes in the series of matches, and then we got to the Champions League.
13:40I would like to say that everything that happened in the past,
13:47as a football player, gave me a lot of pride and joy.
13:52We helped Slovenia and maybe someone else to get back on their feet.
13:59I think that this optimism, this recognition that we all deserve to be in the European Championship,
14:07can be the biggest motivation for the fans.
14:09And it is. Be aware of that.
14:11It's just that tomorrow is probably the hardest match, the biggest challenge for this generation so far.
14:29That's true.
14:35Good afternoon, coach. Joze Pepe, Radio Slovenia.
14:37When I was talking to the English journalists the other day,
14:40they all said that you played against England, of course, with three defenders,
14:45and then with five, when you didn't have the balls.
14:47It was extremely difficult to break through.
14:49We know how Slovenia plays.
14:51You don't know how we're going to play tomorrow.
14:53That's true.
14:55But is there something you can count on, or is it one of your strengths?
15:01Well, if you look at the quality of the players in the English national team,
15:07it's clear that when they don't have the balls, we all have to defend ourselves.
15:13Eight, nine, ten players for the ball is the best recommendation.
15:19I think that they are also thinking about the transformation of Slovenian players when they get the ball.
15:25But I agree.
15:27The approaches are different.
15:29They have their own view of the match.
15:31They have their own account.
15:33We recalculate on our own.
15:35And because of that,
15:37the spectacle here in Cologne,
15:39with ten and maybe more than a thousand Slovenian fans,
15:43Siddhartha,
15:45before that in Cologne,
15:48Okay, last question.
15:57Thank you. Just one more for the coach.
15:59You managed the team back in 2010 against England.
16:02I know you said you can't draw too many similarities,
16:06but that England team had Rooney, Lampard, John Terry.
16:10This England team obviously has a lot of stars as well.
16:13Do you think this team is even better for England than that team back then?
16:17And can you take any lessons from managing that team back then, going into this match?
16:24I think we are now third in the league against England.
16:28We also played a friendly match at Wembley,
16:31which Rooney eliminated from Cesare, my current assistant.
16:36If I remember correctly,
16:38this match in Port Elizabeth brings back some memories.
16:44But to try football again, 15 years ago,
16:48or now,
16:50is probably a thing for you, the media, the fans.
16:54If I look at the list,
16:56the four biggest names of world football are listed,
17:00but even now in the English national team,
17:03there are some names that are already mentioned in the world football.
17:09But I think it will be tested,
17:12that even in the Slovenian national team,
17:15there are some names of players who are very interesting,
17:18or who fill the tables of the media,
17:21in one way or another.
17:23Everyone has their own style,
17:26tries to hide their weaknesses,
17:29and show their quality.
17:31It will be an interesting match tomorrow.