Today at 18:00 the 2014/15 season starts for Partizan's basketball team. At the first round of Adriatic League (ABA League) they meet Szolnoki Olaj from Hungary - that Szolnoki Olaj that were supposed NOT to take part at the League this season.
- Szolnok is the best team in the Hungarian championship - started deputy team captain Milenko Tepić. (Dragan Milosavljević is still out of order until about November, until then the Novi Sad-born combo guard is his substitute.) - No wonder they have been participating in the League for years. This will be our first match, therefore it will not be easy at all for us. As for me, I hope despite our difficulties, injuries and player registration issues we will win.
- All our respect goes for our opponent - said Duško Vujošević. - Players of Szolnok are very motivated against us. It’s because we took part in Euroleague and we had good results in our local championship as well. For this reason it would be unwise to think teams playing against us won’t bring their best form.
The trainer detailed those registration issues Tepić also mentioned.
This all started with their former player, Jaka Klobučar from Slovenia. He terminated his contract with Partizan in 2011, but still demanded the club to pay those 240 000 euros recorded in the contract. Later this amount was reduced to 120 000, then to 38 000 euros, but Partizan still didn’t pay. Finally the Slovenian went to the international association, that finally made a verdict and forbade Partizan to register their new players until they won’t pay to Klobučar.
- We are still under BAT (Basketball Arbitral Tribunal) sanctions - said Vujošević. - We tried to agree with Klobučar, we talked to lawyers. Until now we paid 60 000 euros to him, from which we collected 20 000 with the help of sponsors. Yet we still couldn’t register our new players, Murić, Kouzeloglou and Luka Bogdanović. Eurocup starts on 15th October, if we can’t register them until then, I don’t know how we’ll represent our club, city and country.
Ticket and season ticket sells are keeping us alive now, they have a crucial importance for us - he added.
The match will be broadcasted live by Sport Klub 3 (Serbia) and SportM (Hungary).
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