Marić hopes for a better performance against the Welsh and a victory in Shkodra

The Montenegrin women's senior national team will play the last two matches in Group B1 of the World Cup qualifiers in early June.

For the matches against Wales and Albania, coach Mirko Marić called up 24 players - goalkeepers: Ajša Kalač (Olimpija Ljubljana, Slovenia), Anastasija Krstović (without a club), Ilda Orahovac (Gorica).

Defense: Helena Božić (Changchung, China), Maja Šaranović (Buducnost), Aleksandra Popović (Agram, Croatia), Nađa Stanović (Slavija Prague, Czech Republic), Darija Đukić (Shimkent, Kazakhstan), Tanja Malesija (Budaors, Hungary), Jovana Sarić (Ekonomist), Ivana Boričić (Ujpest, Hungary).

Midfield: Slađana Bulatović (Fomget, Turkey), Jasna Đoković (Agram, Croatia), Jelena Karličić (Besiktas, Turkey), Nađa Đurđevac (Sent Mihalji, Hungary), Andrea Janjušević (Emina Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Katarina Čađenović (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Slavica Krstevska (Molde, Norway).

Attack: Armisa - Misa Kuč (Fomget, Turkey), Medina Dešić (Werder, Germany), Tatjana Osmajić (TSC, Serbia), Maša Tomašević (Inter, Italy), Anđela Tošković (Budućnost), Nađa Doknić (Ekonomist).

Our team will welcome Wales on June 5th at the City Stadium in Podgorica, while four days later they will play Albania in Shkodra.

- Ahead of this gathering, I'm actually most worried about the June "window". Almost all of our players finished their club commitments in mid-May, so they are not in a competitive rhythm. We don't know what level of physical fitness they are at and we will see during the training process how it will all go. Wales is certainly the favorite, and their players have only recently finished the English championship, in which most of them play. Our goal is to play better and smarter than in Wales, to not allow us to make so many mistakes - said coach Marić.

The duel with Albania at the end of the qualifiers will be a fight for third place in the group, which brings a play-off for survival in League B.

- The new challenge is definitely the away game against Albania, four days after the duel with Wales. We will have to balance the minutes well, so that the players can arrive at that game as fresh as possible - added Marić.