“There were no problems; everything was kind of easy and without delay. I only hope that there will not be any difficulty for the players who arrive today. We had the time to rest and, regardless of this snow, we are ready for training session”, Zakarić pointed out, and continued:

“The head coach has already announced that most players will get some minutes, so not only me, but any of us, and all of us play well in our clubs, can hope for the performance in these two matches. I did not think much of our opponents; I know that Senegal has several players playing in top clubs. It will certainly be difficult, but we need to do our best and achieve good results.”

The national team player of “Željezničar is in excellent form, for which he received a confirmation with this invitation to the national team:

“I can be satisfied because I play quite well, I score goals, and we are the first in the table. I am also happy because of this invitation to the national team, so I can hardly wait for training sessions and matches. I will do my best to help myself, but also both to the national team and the head coach to achieve what they had planned. The most important thing is when all of this is over to be healthy and satisfied with what we achieve.”

Zakarić, as well as Pirić and Sarić, believes that the play-offs for the champion of the country will be uncertain:

“I think it will be interesting, there are 8 more matches to the end, and each in its own way carries a lot of challenges. There will be a lot of derbies, so it’s early to talk about who could become a champion. Of course, we all hope, but here is our example from the last round, when we led 3:0 in Mostar, and we received three goals three minutes to the end, so everything in football is possible today. There is no need to write off anyone, especially Zrinjski and Široki, which are behind us, and here is also Sarajevo that is in a certain result crisis, but it should not be written off.

I think that the main fight will be between us and Zrinjski and I hope that we will be those who will be happier and more skilled in the end.”