Zsiga: Only Pastrovics can be praised

Despite a defeat at the CL opener, coach of FTC, Gyula Zsiga, is not disappointed. The three-goal defeat can be valuable at the end, he says.

Eurohandball.com: The 22 goals conceded suggest that defending was not the problem against Buducnost…

Gyula Zsiga: Unfortunately, our attack was weaker than expected. We had problems with finishing the plays: we missed clear chances and we had problems with our wing play. Maybe the wingers shouldn’t have taken all those shots from tight angles...

It happened what I feared: our two young back players, Zácsik és Soós played without self-confidence, especially at the beginning.

Eurohandball.com: What caused this defeat?

Zsiga: Perhaps the girls could not cope with the pressure of the huge crowd. I had to make substitutions after 10-12 minutes, after this we were more stable. Our defence was good, however, apart from smaller mistakes. Goalkeeping was good in the first half already, but in the second half it was definitely good when Pastrovics came in. She saved clear chances and her saving percentage was around 50%.

Eurohandball.com: There is an unbelieveble fact: FTC converted only four 7-m shots out of 12...

Zsiga: It is impossible to explain this. This was our second game when we paid a huge price for our missed 7-m shots. It seems that we have to focus on this and we have to practice it at trainings and after trainings.

Eurohandball.com: Though a defeat is nevet positive, but the differenc was only 3 goals and it may count at the end.

Zsiga: I believe that the other two sides, Viborg and Valcea are much better than these two teams. On paper, Buducnost will not win more games home or away. It also means that the Ferencváros-Buducnost game will decide about the third place and CWC qualification.