League B is calling Montenegrin female footballers - preparations for the elite have begun

The senior women's national team of Montenegro has begun preparations for its appearance in League B of the UEFA Nations League.

Mirko Marić's team gathered in Podgorica yesterday, where they will prepare for the matches against Albania on March 3rd and Wales four days later away, at the start of Group B1.

Just qualifying for the B League of Nations is a huge success for Montenegrin women's football players.

- All the girls we invited are here. I think we should enjoy this competition, but with full responsibility to play as well as possible. We have achieved success, but in football there is no yesterday, only today and tomorrow, and every game is a new challenge and a new proof, said coach Marić.

One of the leaders of the new generation of Montenegrin female footballers, Andrea Janjušević, believes that our girls will have something to show in the second-strongest tier of European football.

- We entered the B division and we will do our best to stay there as long as possible. We are focused and I think we can handle our opponents, said the young footballer.

The first match awaits Montenegro on March 3rd at 14 pm at the City Stadium in Nikšić, where they will host Albania.

- The opponent is not on the level of Wales and the Czech Republic, but it will be very difficult. They are a disciplined and aggressive rival and it will be very difficult. We have to be at our best to beat Albania. I hope the girls will show fighting spirit and desire, as has always been the case. Even when we were losing, we gave our all. I always tell them that we need to leave the field with our heads held high, and we can only do that if we give our all, the coach emphasized.

Andrea Janjušević thinks in a similar way.

- I think Albania is a chance for the first points. All the players will give their maximum to win. We wanted to be in this rank of the League of Nations and in the end we achieved it. It's a fantastic feeling to be in the company of such teams, said Janjušević.

In addition to the match against Albania, the Montenegrin women's football team will play Wales on March 7th in this Nations League match. The Czech Republic team is also in the group.

Coach Mirko Marić called up 25 players - goalkeepers for those matches: Senita Kalač (Ekonomist), Ajša Kalač (Olimpija, Slovenia), Jovana Žugić (Partizan, Serbia).

Defense: Nađa Stanović (Slavija Prague, Czech Republic), Aleksandra Popović (Agram, Croatia), Jelena Karličić (Bešiktaš, Turkey), Maja Šaranović (Budućnost), Darija Đukić (Shikment, Kazakhstan), Helena Božić (without club), Ivana Boričić (Ujpest, Hungary), Tanja Malesija (BSC 1924, Hungary), Andrea Janjušević (Emina, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jovana Sarić (Ekonomist).

Midfield: Maša Tomašević (Inter, Italy), Jasna Đoković (Agram, Croatia), Selma Licina (Nuremberg, Germany), Katarina Čađenović (SFK Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nađa Đurđevac, Sara Simonović (Sent Mihalji, Hungary).

Attack: Armisa Kuč, Slađana Bulatović (Fomget, Turkey), Medina Dešić (Werder, Germany), Anđela Tošković (Budućnost), Tatjana Osmajić (TSC, Serbia), Jelena Petrović (Partizan, Serbia).