The White-Blues looked downcast and evinced little, if any, interest to talk to the media folks. Only the Serbian defender Marjan Marković agreed to comment on the match vs. Sporting Lisbon for the official club website.
“Both teams had been doing equally well until we were struck by the first goal. The penalty changed the way we the game was going. Although the Portuguese did let us play and did not use much pressure, the final score says it all”.
“I still believe it makes a good sports sense to participate in the UEFA Champions League. It is the valuable experience we receive here playing against Europe’s heavyweights. We do not have many strong contenders in the national league, which might be reason of our shoddy display in the European Cups”.
