At the point of failure until the quarter-final visa

Five times, different generations of Buducnosti handball players went to the megdan team from Ikast. They never returned to Podgorica happy.

The series of duels with the club, which has been called Midtjiland since 2008, began on March 22, 2003. "Blues" defeated then Ikast Boarding in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League with 26:25, but they could not celebrate, because due to the defeat in "Morača" six days earlier (28:29), they ended the series of five consecutive participation in the semi-finals.

In the following two years, Budućnost lost to Ikast (30:22 and 32:25), and the streak continued in the 2011/2012 seasons. (34:20) and 2013/2014. (21:19). There are three days left until the new showdown between the champions of Denmark and Montenegro in the "Ikast-Brande Arena", during which Dragan Adžić will finally try to find a winning combination.

"Midtjiland is a very good team. We do a lot of analysis, because they have demanding shooters. The Danes shoot wherever they go, the defenders are difficult and it is necessary to play a good defense, so that it would be easier for us at the back", pointed out Marta Žderić.

The Croatian goalkeeper was out of shape in the first part of the Champions League, which is why the Tunisian Ešraf Abdala was brought in. Against Djer, and especially Vardar, the 25-year-old defended spectacularly, and she admits that the competition influenced such a change.

"I didn't do very well in the first round, and there was also pressure, because I was alone. The arrival of my colleague from Tunisia gave me a boost. I always said, when there were three of us (Klara Voltering and Marina Rajčić, op. a), that it's great, because I knew that one of us would cover everything. I like to have competition, it gets the most out of me. Maybe that's the reason".

By winning in Denmark, the future could solve all the dilemmas regarding the placement in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but there is no imperative, because there are still plenty of chances.

"There is no pressure. We started well, played solidly in the first two matches, and we just have to believe in ourselves and be one on the field, as before," emphasized Žderić, who is not thinking about the black streak of Budućnost in away games in Ikast and Herning, the city where the then Ikast Bording played European matches.

"I was only in Budućnost once when we played against Midtjylland, so I have no prejudices about those defeats. I don't think about it," Žderić concluded.