Zlatko Zahović praises Matjaž Kek in Croatia: “It’s not easy for him. In Slovenia, everyone’s an expert, everyone wants us to play like Barcelona”
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One week before the start of Euro 2024, Croatian media heard from Zlatko Zahović, who appeared on the website Index. The legendary Maribor native shared many interesting insights, including his thoughts on the Slovenian national team coach. He had some very encouraging words for Matjaž Kek, emphasizing that he values his success even more because, in his opinion, it’s not easy to be the coach of the national team in Slovenia.
“Matjaž Kek is a top expert. He has a strong ego, strong character, and is a good communicator. There are challenges, but he must make difficult decisions and he does. In Slovenia, there are many external influences, especially populist ones, but despite all this, he manages well and copes with everything,” said the 53-year-old Zlatko Zahović in his interview with Index today.
The long-time sports director of Maribor continued: “It’s not easy for him, it really isn’t. In Slovenia, everyone is an expert, everyone knows everything, and everyone would like Slovenia to play like Barcelona. He knows that’s not possible, and he handles all of this very well. I see that he is highly respected in Croatia, and that makes me happy. What he has done is fantastic, but we are not like you Croats. We play with discipline, character, and that suits us much better than when we wanted to be attractive and pleasant to watch. The problem is that it’s hard for us to accept the fact that playing for results suits us best. Everyone watches football, everyone knows how Manchester City plays, and everyone would like to play like that, but that’s not realistic. As long as we play the way that suits us best, everything will be fine.“
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