New day, new front for Olimpija coach: Albert Riera also hits out at Celje, where he is told he has no respect
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What all bothers the trainer
Olimpija coach
? The list seems long, very long indeed. Albert Riera at Friday’s press conference before the match against Mura
to Senijad Ibričić
, the next person with whom he got involved in a media war, while also pointing a sharp arrow in the direction of the Celje centre-back. Albert Riera is not happy this time because when he arrived in Celje, there was no special room for coaches waiting for him!
“We are rivals on the pitch, but we have to be gentlemen off it. When I arrived in Celje, I was told that the coaches didn’t have their own room. That’s not very elegant. I want to publicly denounce this as an inappropriate move, this is not the way to win matches. When someone comes to our stadium, we always respect them. That is my opinion,” said Albert Riera, who did not wait long for a reply from the capital.
“Upon arrival at Stadion Z’dežele, the professional staff of NK Olimpija wanted to use an extra room in addition to the guest cloakroom. The guests then wanted to go straight to the doping control room. As the home team does not know until 15 minutes before the start of the match whether SLOADO, the organisation in charge of doping control, will be present, it was not possible to move them to this room. Providing extra space for the away team is not something that is a regular practice, but we at NK Celje have decided to help the away team to the best of our ability. We finally did it and gave them an office, which is otherwise dedicated to the School Football Centre. Riera and his assistants were also allowed to use the office after the end of the match and left it when they chose to do so.,” is
Sportclub
published Celje’s reply.
Riera lacks respect
The Z’land stadium added: “At this point, we should point out that Albert Riera is the only coach in the Telemach First League this season who has not asked for, but requested, an extra staff room separate from the team. NK Celje has complied, which makes today’s appearance at the press conference, where the word “disrespect” was mentioned in relation to NK Celje, all the more incomprehensible. If anything, you would have expected the opposite, as the club has shown him extra hospitality, but gentlemanliness and respect are something that the person who is talking about this unfortunately does not have.“
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