“Did they raise your salary?” » Zeljko Kopic, Dinamo's coach, remained “masked” in the conference
Zeljko Kopic (48), his coach Dinamoheld the press conference prior to the away duel with FC Argesmatch in the 14th stage of the Superliga. The game takes place on Friday, October 24, from 20:30. It will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and televised by Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
The “Dogs” want to get revenge on the fans after the failure in Sunday's derby with Rapid, 0-2, at the National Arena. Gnahore's own goal and Cristi Manea's success set the final score.
Dinamo it is in 4th place before the stage, with 23 points, immediately followed by the opponent it eliminated in the 2023 promotion barrier, with 23 points.
The Croatian technician was surprised when he was asked about a salary increase, a topic presented by ProSport the other day. He denied and stated that he did not know that this had happened.
VIDEO. Zeljko Kopic, statements before FC Argeș – Dinamo: “After 13 stages we can't talk about luck”
The Croatian coach also spoke about the problem facing Dinamo this season. Kopic he believes that his team has a lot of opportunities to score and should have made the most of them several times.
The same thing happened in the derby with Rapid, when the “dogs” wasted several important opportunities to score.
“There is a good atmosphere in the team, the players are positive. I analyzed the match with Rapid, I took out the positive parts. In some moments I missed many opportunities, I had situations that should have been handled better.
We learned from those, we recovered physically as well as mentally. I didn't have much time for that, I immediately started preparing for the match with Argeș. They have a very good season, they have the same number of points.
They run well, they are solid defensively, they have a very good offensive transition. All the top 6 teams are here for a reason. They have quality. After 13 games we can't talk about luck.
We can talk after 1-2 games, but after 13 means he deserves to be there. If we take the example of the Steel, they are playing well, they haven't had the best results, but match by match they have reached this place.
When you take all the stats, at all times of the match I dominated Rapid. But football is not about statistics. Ok, it shows something, but I didn't score, it means I didn't deserve it. All credit to Rapid, they won the game and we have to be better at some moments of the game.
We had individual discussions to understand some parts of the game that were not good. Argeș and Botoșani have very good coaches with a lot of experience. They chose the right player profile for what they want to play for.
Both are well organized defensively. That is their strength. These teams have done good things this season, that's why they're here.
(no – Did the club increase the salary?) Who raised my salary? I don't know anything about it. I have the contract I signed in Antalya, this is the contract I haveKopic said at the conference.
Dinamo's biggest problem: “We should have scored more”
“Every game, if we talk about xG we should have scored more. That's definitely one of the reasons why we're here, where we want to be, but we could have had more points.
When we don't score, we take more risks and we can have problems that arise in a match. We have to understand that and be better in some situations. We create a lot of goal-scoring situations from which we have to score. FC Argeș is a team with dangerous players.
Sometimes we can win or lose, that's part of football. It is important to be in the top 6. The season is very difficult, we take it match by match. There are many strange results, some favorite teams do not prevail. The main objective is to qualify for the play-offs, let's see exactly where we will be and then we will give everything to be better and better.
For me it's only Dinamo and any other discussions about Romanian teams, at this moment… only Dinamo and that's it,” the Croatian added.
As for Eddy Gnahore, his reaction at a certain moment was not the best, but it happens. I understand him, because expectations are high after last season. I spoke to him, he is positive and will be fine.
I watch all the matches of the Romanian teams in the European cups. Craiova, for example, is very strong at home. Even though some teams have struggled, they all have quality. If they are in good form, with morale and personality, they can win against anyone, especially on home soil.
– Zeljko KopicDinamo's coach
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