Czech chance for "reds", Ivanovic touch for Lithuania

After the great editions at the Eurobasket, it is time for a new action of the basketball team of Montenegro, which can bring a new great success.

Boško Radović's team will gather today in Podgorica, and on Friday in Pardubice they will look for a victory over the Czech Republic, which would practically secure their appearance at the World Championship in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.

With four rounds to go, the "Reds" have one more point than Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, and a break in the "Enterija Arena" would bring them closer to the Far East.

Three days later, Montenegro will welcome Lithuania in Morača. In that match, it will be stronger for Nikola Ivanovic, who received permission from Crvena zvezda to join the national team after the Euroleague match with Fenerbahce, scheduled for Thursday in Istanbul.

Unlike the 28-year-old playmaker, there will be no captain Bojan Dubljevic, because Valencia has banned all its players from joining the national teams, and even the Spanish...

Đorđije Jovanović from Partizan did not get the club's permission either, which only allowed players to join the Serbian national team. Thus, the 18-year-old from Danilovgrad will be one of the nine players in the protocol for the duel with Olympiakos.

Even though he played on Saturday against Igokea, Budućnost Volija defender Petar Popović will also miss this action of the "Reds", which is why Milutin Đukanović from Lovcen was subsequently called up.

There is also no Fedor Žugić, who suffered a rupture of ankle ligaments in Ulm's victory over Bayreuth nine days ago and has to take a break for four to five weeks.

The debutants are Bojan Tomašević and Andrija Grbović, the wing centers of Borac from Čačan and Mega, respectively.

Nineteen-year-old Grbović scored 16 points in the victory against SC Derby yesterday, while the two-year-old from Nikšić scored five against Partizan, which is the first time this season that he did not have a double-digit performance in the ABA league.

Not counting Ivanovic, Kendrik Peri and Dino Radončić, who played ACB League matches yesterday, will also miss the first training session.

Radončić will arrive in a good mood, because his Zaragoza finally registered its first victory, against Real, and the 23-year-old wing basketball player was one of the best with 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and even five steals.

List - playmakers

Nikola Ivanovic (Red Star)

Kendrick Perry (Unicaha)

Igor Drobnjak (Budućnost Voli)

Mašan Vrbica (Sutjeska)

Backs

Milutin Đukanović (Lovćen)

Vladimir Mihailović (Sailor)

Wings

Zoran Vučeljić (SC Derbi)

Dino Radoncic (Zaragosa)

Wing centers

Andrija Grbović (Mega)

Bojan Tomasevic (Borac Čačak)

Radosav Spasojević (Krka)

Centers

Aleksa Ilić (Budućnost Voli)

Nemanja Radović (Murcia)

Zoran Nikolić (Le Portel)