Domination during the fall, domination in the spring - where they left off in the first part of the season, the players of Buducnost continued in the second.
If it hadn't been for the Cup blunder and the relegation to Iskra, it would have been a perfect season. Ivan Brnović's team paid the price for a bad day, which they obviously had on February 15th when the young Danilovgrad footballers were rejoicing, because the results that followed confirm that it was exactly that, a bad day. After that, the Podgorica team achieved six wins and one draw in the championship, in that series they scored a total of 25 goals, a little over 3,5 per match...
How much better Buducnost is than its rivals, and how motivated it is to win, despite the large point difference (plus 14), is also demonstrated by the fact that in the last three matches at home they lost after just 20 minutes of play, and each of those matches they ultimately won with convincing victories.
Against Bokelj, they went from 0:1 to 3:1, against Otranto from 0:1 to 5:1, against Jedinstvo from 0:2 to 5:2. "The Blues" win even when they give their rivals a goal or two...
In the 26 rounds so far, Budućnost has achieved 20 wins (four draws and two losses), which brings a winning ratio of 2,46 points per match. Judging by these figures, it is a real wonder that Brnović's players do not have a greater point advantage than the current plus 14.
That "miracle" is called second-placed Petrovac, which in the second half of the season has been winning with almost the same intensity as Budućnost and in the spring won only two points less than the leader (five wins and two draws, no losses).
The Petrovac team will, by all accounts, be the main "culprits" for Buducnost's failure to win the title with a record-breaking margin over the second-placed team. To do so, they would have to double their advantage, as Mladen Milinković's Buducnost finished the 2020/21 season with as many as 28 points more than the then second-placed team Sutjeska.
It's not too late for the "blues" to attack that record, but along with continued good games and victories, they would need a drastic drop in Petrovac's form.
The second largest margin achieved by the Montenegrin champion was achieved by Nikola Rakojević's Sutjeska - 22 points more in the 2017/18 season than second-placed Buducnost.
What Brnović's team can realistically attack are records when it comes to the number of wins and the number of points won.
If they win seven times in the next 10 rounds, they will equal Milinković's Buducnost's performance from the aforementioned season (2020/21) with 27 triumphs. If they win at least eight times, they will become the record holder for the number of wins, but also for the number of points won, even if they suffer two losses.
The future, therefore, is marching towards the title, records are not the most important, but they are important. They put a stamp on it, they round off the season.
And even if they don't happen, it will be remembered that Brnović's Buducnost played offensive and attacking football in the 2024/25 championship season. They have already scored 65 goals, 10 rounds before the end, only one less than the entire last season, and even 11 more, for example, than Dečić scored in the entire last, championship season.
Miodrag Radulović's Buducnost holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season - 82 (2011/12), a figure that was achieved when the CFL was played in a three-round system with 33 rounds, three fewer than now. If the "blues" continue the season at least half as efficient as they have been so far in the spring, and score 1,7 goals per match, they will surpass that performance.
Meanwhile, Ivan Bojović, with a goal against Jedinstvo, became Buducnost's top scorer this season with 10 goals, while Milan Vukotić, who moved to Partizan at half-time, remained on nine. Petar Grbić and Ivan Bulatović scored six each, Igor Ivanovic five, and Andrija Bulatović and Marko Milicković, winter signings, four each...
The Podgorica team has therefore distributed the goals well, they are dominating by playing team, collective football. Good preparation for Europe, the fans of the "blues" hope.
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goals scored by Buducnost so far this season, which is 2,5 per match, and they are even more efficient in the spring than in the fall, as they have scored an average of 3,5 goals in the last seven matches.
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