On "Topolica" the denouement or plot of the season

First against second, derby Meridianbet 1. CFL - Sutjeska visits Mornar. Nikšić has a chance to solve everything, Barani to get back in the race. Buducnost against Jezera seeks an even stronger anchor in the fight for Europe

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Darko Zorić in one of the previous matches against Sutjeska, Photo: FSCG
Darko Zorić in one of the previous matches against Sutjeska, Photo: FSCG
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It could be solved, it could be "cooked".

Extraordinary, round 28 of the Meridianbet 1st Montenegrin Football League brings a title derby, with leading Sutjeska visiting second-placed Mornar.

The team from Nikšić has a seven-point advantage at the top and in case of a win, they will finish most of the work. There are eight rounds left, but it is difficult to expect that Sutjeska could drop a plus ten.

Barani, on the other hand, want to get back into the race - with four points behind, it would be open again, regardless of the fact that this is the fourth and final meeting between Sutjeska and Mornar this season. Of the previous three - Sutjeska won only the first, and Mornar the next two, including a victory near Bistrica in the last round of the autumn.

- We have a derby round ahead of us, an extremely tough match against the leader Sutjeska, who are playing excellent football, led by coach Pekovic "With whom I worked a few seasons ago, when I saw for myself what kind of coach he is," says one of Mornar's most important assets, Nikšić's Darko Zorić.

The teams that are in arguably the best form will meet at “Topolica” - Sutjeska has won five games, and Mornar has won four. One series will be interrupted.

- We are in a great rhythm and we will do our best to continue. With the help of our fans, we want to give our last atom of strength to achieve a positive result - added Zorić.

With each successive victory, Sutjeska is one step closer to the title, and in the event that Marko Šimun and teammates celebrate in the derby - they would do a three-step.

- A real derby awaits us, many things have changed since our first duel in August last year. We want to take revenge for those two defeats in the second and third rounds and make a crucial step towards the title - emphasized Šimun.

Dečić is 12 points behind Sutjeska, five behind Mornar and at the start of spring showed that it is difficult to keep up with the pace of the leaders. The fight for Europe remains, and the next test is in Danilovgrad - Mladost Lob.bet, which is fighting for survival without a play-off, chooses a new location for its home game and will welcome Tuzan at the Iskra field.

Petrovac, after a defeat and an unconvincing performance against Gorica, is visiting Bokelj, and one of the biggest dilemmas of the round is - can Buducnost enter a winning streak?

Even if that series amounted to two triumphs, a victory over Jezera (today, 15 p.m.) would mean a lot to the team. Miodrag Bozovic after the victory over Petrovac.

Victory after victory - that's what the "blues" need, for whom Jezero has always been an embarrassment, wherever they play. Will it be the same today, when they come in with four consecutive defeats?

- Jezero comes at an important moment for us, and I'm sure we have a tough and competitive game ahead of us. We have to be compact, focused for the entire 90 minutes and take advantage of the chances we create. Details are the most important and often decisive in important games, especially when the rhythm is Saturday - Wednesday - said the left back of Buducnost in the match announcement, Andrej Pupovic for the club website.

The CFL continues on Sunday, when the biggest Montenegrin derby, Sutjeska - Budućnost, is played.

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