Do Partizan coaches "under contract" have to say this?

Football players of Partizan can be satisfied with the start of the season, on the European and domestic scene - good performances in qualifying for the Champions League and Super League have resulted in a good start for the main ambition of the black and whites - the defending title of Serbian Champion.

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After a broken string of six consecutive titles, when Red Star won the title in 2014, the black and whites were able to return the cup to Humska. Bearing this in mind, an interesting trend among Partizan trainers can be noticed in the last few years.

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As per a template, the heads of the coaching staff of the black and whites before the start of the winter and spring season emphasized one motive: a public atmosphere is created where Red Star has to become champion.

The trend began in 2011 with Aleksandar Stanojevic, and then all others, as per template, emphasized the same thing

Aleksandar Stanojevic, July 2011.

Foto: Medija centar Beograd

- Everyone wants Red Star to be the champion. All sectors of society are rooting for Red Star to finally be the champion (Partizan at the moment won four titles in a row).

Vladimir Vermezovic, January 2013.

Foto: Marko Todorović

- We see that an atmosphere is created where Partizan should not be the sixth consecutive champion. There will be side attacks, all kinds of stuff, we will try not to pay them mind.

Vuk Rašovic, December, 2013.

Foto: Tanjug/Dragan Stanković

- It was not easy to play under a lot of pressure in the last three months, because I have the impression that the whole of Serbia wants Red Star to win the title. We, at the club, came to this conclusion on the basis of the writing of the public and various communiques that were published.

Marko Nikolic, February 2014.

Foto: Marko Todorović

- In football, the truth is always on the field. I see that the feeling is that someone else must be a champion, but that doesn't have to be. That has been and will be, and I can only thank those who do it. In this way, they are motivating us and doing my job for me. We know what we have to do and that we will keep it up.

Zoran Milinkovic, July 2015.

Foto: partizan.rs

- I see and read that some teams have already declared themselves the champion. You have not heard something like that from Partizan, because we will say everything we have to say on the field. We want this, we will fight for it, but when we see that some other teams are talking about it, then it seems a little illogical. Gentlemen, the championship is yet to be played.

It is interesting, that Partizan at the end of the season, in which their coaches declared them as champion, were in fact the champion - with the exception of Marko Nikolic, and Zoran Milinkovic, whose words preceded the season that began last weekend.

(Telegraf.co.uk)