On Sunday evening, the Walloon confrontation will take place between Standard and Sporting Charleroi. A meeting that Ivan Leko is looking forward to.
In preparation for the match against Charleroi, Lekou spoke with Het Latest News About Standard and gameplay. “Sometimes I try to put football out of my mind, to recharge the batteries, but it doesn't work,” Leko said.
The Croatian coach lives for his work. This is not always easy with the standard in full reconstruction. “We had five players and lost 20 during the last transfer window!”
“We have all worked hard to strengthen the team. My team has only been complete since September 6,” Leko explained. “Looking at our performance, I found that the last two games were also much better than at the beginning. I expect us to be more serious every week, although this has not yet translated into results.”
With a lower quality selection, Leko had a hard time finding his “toy.” In a warm-up match against Dunder before the start of the season, Total Football struggled.
“The friendly match against Dender. We played comprehensive football: we pressed high, our defense was in the middle line, we built from a small back line and used the goalkeeper as a distributor. We lost without a call-up 5-1.”
“We've changed everything. We're compact as a unit, we leave the ball to the opponent, there's no crazy stuff in our area… Back to basics. Very basic! Maybe we would have gotten more points the first way, but I'm not doing that.” “I think so.”
“I dream of another way of doing things, but in football only results matter! But sometimes I also say to myself: Damn, I would like to do my best. Attack! But I closed this book for a while and put it aside.” “.
