Montenegro may have a lot of excuses, maybe there were injuries, lack of luck with chances, but the reality is that the "falcons" said goodbye to the B League of Nations with zero points and only one scored goal...
The painful cycle was put to an end by Iceland, which did not play spectacular football, but found its way to the net twice and won in Nikšić (74:89) with the goals of Ori Oskarsson in the 2th and Isak Johannesson in the 0th.
Perhaps Montenegro did not deserve such a defeat, they had a lot of chances at the stadium near Bistrica, the desire was also visible, but it is obvious that something is missing and they will have to solve this before the qualification for the 2026 World Cup in the Football Association of Montenegro.
The Falcons will put an end to the B League of Nations, which is obviously too much for our national team, on Tuesday against Turkey.
End of the game - Montenegro may not have deserved the defeat against Iceland (2:0), but it was relegation from the B League of Nations.
89th minute: New goal for Island (2:0), Isak Johanneson scored after a great transition and Gudjonsen's assist.
Spectators next to the TV screen could not hear the national anthem of Montenegro, and the reaction of the public service arrived.
79rd minute: A great chance for Stefan Mugoša - the ball came to the Montenegro striker by accident, he caught the volley, but the ball went over the goal.
74th minute: Goal for Island (1:0). Confused reaction of our defense - Mikael Elertson headed the ball to Oskarson, who shook the net of Montenegro.
74rd minute: Stefan Lončar entered instead of Marko Bakić.
69rd minute: New change in our national team - Stefan Mugoša entered instead of Camaj.
Yellow cards for Marušić and Radunović, so our two defenders will not play against Turkey.
Cudi cautioned for Marušić, who is the captain in this match, and he earned it for objecting to the referee, after Jablonski did not show an obvious yellow card to one of the Icelanders after a foul on Janković.
65rd minute: Šipčić tried to head after a corner, but Nejgi's shot went over the goal.
58rd minute: Oskarson threatened, but Nikić was not sure.
Iceland's chance came after referee Sven Jablonski stopped Bakić with a weak move, and Marko Janković had to stop the visitors' counterattack with a foul.
Our midfielder received a yellow card.
54rd minute: The first big chance for Montenegro in the second half - after the actions of Krstović and Camaj, the striker of Leće shot wide from a good position.
The second half started, and Prosinečki left Andrija Radović in the dressing room, Edvin Kuč entered instead.
The first half ended, Montenegro - Iceland 0:0.
The "falcons" tried, in certain periods of the game and pressed, once they shook the guests' net, but VAR showed that Nikola Krstović was offside before Marko Bakić's goal.
And in the second match of group B4, the nets are still: Turkey - Wales 0:0, although the host dominates.
45 + 1: Johan Gudmundson tried, but without much danger for Nikić.
37th minute: A great shot by Marušić from about twenty meters - the Lazio defender shot from the first, but his "bomb" ended up just short of the post.
34rd minute: Montenegro wants to win, attacks, but Iceland had another dangerous chance - Traustason shot wide.
24th minute: Too bad - After several attempts in one attack, Montenegro managed to shake Iceland's net, but VAR showed that Nikola Krstović was clearly offside before Marko Bakić's goal.
19rd minute: Iceland was left without its famous captain - Aron Gunnarsson left the field due to injury, Viktor Palsson is on the field instead.
Anthem of Montenegro in Nikšić.
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