Nexe opens SEHA season in Nasice against Tatran

Nexe protiv Tatrana otvara sezonu u Našicama

Tatran - Nexe

NEXE will on Wednesday, 19.00 CET in King Tomislav sports hall host Tatran Presov in what will be SEHA opener in Nasice. NEXE and Tatran are both still looking for the first SEHA victory of the season. Hosts have two losses from encounters against PPD Zagreb and Gorenje and Tatran have on the other side played only one match so far losing at home against Celje PL. However, they have a reason to be satisfied with season's beginning as they have managed to book a place in Champions League's group stage.
Last season Tatran was better in Nasice and NEXE won in Presov so it will be interesting to see what both teams have prepared for this season. Intersting and dramatic match surely is ahead of us. 

Zdenko Kordi, NEXE's coach:
After our first match and a defeat against PPD Zagreb with lots of tehnical mistakes we were playing much better in the second match against Gorenje. But we have much to work on in the future. Tatran is one of seven SEHA teams which will play in CL this season. They have changed their roster a bit but they also have their distinctive playing style suffering roster changes as they are still playing really fast and agressive. They are a part of this league from its very beginning so this feels like tradition already. I hope for our fans to help us and we'll do our best to repay them with good performance and hopefully a victory.

Ivan Srsen, NEXE's player:
Last year we've played two intersting matches against the team from Presov. We will have to play tough with lots of running in case we want to celebrate tomorrow. We want to win in front of our fans and we will need their help with Tatran being an excellent rival.  

Rastislav Trtik, Tatran's coach:
NEXE are quality team which has reinforeced on some improtant positions during the summer. David Spiler proves that. They have a good coach Kordi and experienced players like Zrnic, Barisic - Jaman, line players Sakic and Mrdenovic, goalkeeper Lorger and their defense which is always on required level. After losses against PPD Zagreb and Gorenje I'm sure they will be fully motivated and eager to achieve that first victory of the season. We have some injury problems in our roster and our schedule has been really tough lately but we want to beat NEXE. We have a rejuvenated team so I expect it to reach its maximum within 2-3 years.   

Dominik Krok, Tatran's player:
We were quite unsatisfied with our loss at home against Celje as we did not play good especially in second half. Game in Nasice will on the other hand be really tough too with NEXE always delivering good performances at home but we will do everything to secure three points.