They walked on the edge of the precipice for a long time, were on the threshold of their first defeat in "Morača" after March 10, 2013 and the match with Đero, but in the end they were able to win.
Actually, they did celebrate the triumph, but Dragana Cvijić's goal for two points against CSM Bucharest was disallowed after a real drama at the scorer's table.
The corpulent Serbian shot from the counter after a foul by Izabela Gulden on Suzana Lazović, "Morača" "exploded", but the delegate from Slovenia, Darko Repenšek, claimed that the coach of the Romanian champion, Kim Rasmussen, called a time-out immediately before contact between the Swedish and Montenegrin representatives.
The clock was stopped with 18 seconds left, CSM practically did not even try to attack, so the match ended with a score of 23:23.
If Savehof wins on Sunday in Partile, a suburb of Gothenburg, the current European champion will, like last year, transfer seven points to the main stage.
Rasmussen's team, who, instead of Saturday morning, only arrived in Podgorica this afternoon due to fog at the airports in Bucharest and Belgrade, should start group 2 with five points.
Big battles for the quarterfinals with Djerba, Vardar and Midtjylland await both of them...
No solution for Gulden
Dragan Adžić said in the announcement of both matches that special attention should be paid to Ana-Paula Rodrigeš and Line Jergensen.
The two of them were "stuck" in Bucharest, as they were tonight in the first 30 minutes in "Morača", but Gulden - the MVP of the European Championship in Hungary and Croatia - was an unsolvable enigma for the "blues" in the first half.
The Swede scored six goals and along with Fernanda da Silva, who started on the left wing instead of Maria Fisker, was the most responsible for CSM being a shade better.
Buducnost led three times (2:1, 8:7 and 10:9), but it was obvious that something in the game was not right.
Marta Žderić did not defend as well as she knows, Radmila Petrović hit the frame of the goal much more often than the net...
CSM always had a minimal advantage, which 20-year-old Aurelia Bradeanu brought again 11 seconds before the big break with a shot from 36 meters (13:12).
Buđenje Jergensen, Grubišić phenomenal
To make matters worse for Buducnost, Jergensen also woke up after the rest.
The former player from Midtjylland gave CSM plus three with four goals (20:17), and Jelena Grubišić also played a very important role, who first stopped Kristina Neaga's seven-pointer and keeper in just two seconds, and then Majda Mehmedović's shot from phenomenal positions.
The players from Podgorica were not helped either by the exclusion of the guests, because in six minutes they scored and conceded a goal each.
And while the attack "suffered", with the entry of Suzana Lazović, the defense finally became recognizable, so Žderić also started to defend.
The network of the European champions did not shake for a long, long time, even 15 minutes, but that did not bring much - Grubišić "lowered the blinds", again defended the seven-pointer from Neag and preserved the advantage for her team.
She was dragging when they all stopped
Fortunately for Budućnost, one of the main weapons in the attack was ready for battle - Katarina Bulatović found holes in the defense, forced penalties, and with her eighth goal seven minutes and seven seconds before the end, she brought things back to zero - 20:20.
The audience also "fired up", Rasmussen tried to calm them down with a time-out, but he failed, his players "water entered their ears".
At the very end of the 56th minute, Fisker broke her team's too-long fast, as she caught the ball and hit an empty net after Žderić's shot was saved by Karmen Martin.
Đurđina Jauković equalized, who showed that she can play even when it's the most difficult, after which Rodrigeš, Biljane Pavićević and Jergensen scored.
With 63 seconds left, Adžić called a time-out, and Bulatović forced a seven-pointer 16 seconds later.
Milena Raičević came to the line and barely hit the net, because Grubišić touched that ball as well.
Then the already described real drama at the minutes table followed. The deadlock was broken with a draw...
Buducnost - CSM Bucharest 23:23 (12:13)
Podgorica - Hall "Morača". Spectators: 3.800. Referees: Zotin and Volotkov (Russia). Sevens: Buducnost 7 (4), CSM Bucharest 2 (1). Subs: CSM Bucharest 8 minutes. Red card: Rodrigues (CSM Bucharest) in the 60th minute (3X2).
Future: Nenezić (one seven-pointer), ŽDERIĆ (eight saves), PETROVIĆ 2 (1), Pletikosić, NEAGU 4, Jauković 1, Kovačević, Malović, BULATOVIĆ 8 (2), Ramusović, CVIJIĆ 3, MEHMEDOVIĆ, B. Pavićević 1, Ahruk 2, RAIČEVIĆ 2 (1), Lazović.
CSM Bucharest: Jordake, PESOA (defense), Grubišić (eight saves and two seven-pointers), GULDEN 7 (1), Kurea, DA SILVA 4, RODRIGEŠ 2, JERGENSEN 5, Varzaru, Bazalia, Bradeanu 1, Nan, Vjetkova, MARTIN 2 , MANEA 1, Fisker 1.
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