From a special reporter "News"
The Montenegrin water polo players ended the competition at the Olympic Games with a victory over Romania - they did not reach the quarterfinals, for the first time in history they did not play the knockout stage, and they finished the group stage with five points.
"Sharks" won 10:7 and ended the OI as ninth place.
Vladimir Gojković's contract with the Water Polo and Swimming Federation expires at the end of the Olympic cycle, and whether he remains on the bench or not should be known in the coming days.
"I have excellent communication with people from the Alliance and we will talk in the coming days. The situation is a little different now because our president is undergoing treatment in Turkey, but we will make a decision and announce it," said Gojković.
When asked what his wish for the future was, he answered:
"I have never expressed my desire before having a conversation with the leading people in the Alliance, with whom I have had exceptional cooperation all these years. So I will wait to talk to them first", said Gojković.
He reflected on the duel with the Romanians.
"It wasn't easy, but we talked about motivation the last two days. If we had lost to Italy and Greece by a convincing margin, it would not have been such a shock. We came with the desire to enter the top eight, but we didn't succeed - we wanted more, that's why we came here, we lived for that and in the conviction that we were going to make a surprise".
The Americans caused a stir in Group A, in the end they were third - ahead of Croatia, behind Greece and Italy.
"We have been waiting for the Americans since 2019 to enter the fight for a medal. Now it has opened up for them, but the question is how they will do, because Australia also plays top-class water polo," concluded Gojković.
Bonus video:
