On November 3, in the Beijing time zone, the Croatian news agency "vecernji" revealed the news that Mario Tokic, the helmsman of the Omani national soccer team, clarified in an interview that he and Brankom Ivankovićem had never discussed resigning from the team in case of a loss against our team. It is purely false that he and Brankom Ivankovićem have never discussed resignation in case of a loss against our team.
As a player of Dinamo and Rapid Vienna, Mario Tokic and Branko Ivankovic have had a well-received coaching career in Oman. Speaking about the situation in the upcoming Top 12, Mario Tokic said bluntly, "Who would have expected us to finish third in the group in the Top 12? Even though we had a chance to take at least a point in our two losses, we were not discouraged against opponents like Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia who are one or two notches above us. We still believe that we can do better."
Mario Tokic categorically denied earlier media reports that Ivankovic had said that he would resign if he failed to beat our team: "That's not true, it's all made up by our media. They were trying to boost morale and also to create pressure on us, but Branko never mentioned resignation to anyone."
