Bojana Popović: It is incomprehensible that female players are not fighting for the jersey of the two-time European champion

The head of the Buducnosti handball coaching staff is dissatisfied with the team's performance in the defeat against Esbjerg, giving up the game plan...

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Photo: Dejan Starčević
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Budućnosti Bemax handball players were also defeated in the third game of the DELO EHF Champions League, away to the Danish side Esbjerg - 35:20.

"There was a lack of combativeness and fouls against the opposing players, and the attacking game was not at the required level either. The future of Bemax has a young team, errors in the game are expected, but it is also unacceptable that the players do not fight in the right way for the club's jersey, which is two times was the champion of Europe," emphasized Bojana Popović, coach of the "Blues".

"The agreement was not respected, they didn't play as we planned. The girls are young, mistakes happen, that's expected for me, but if they don't fight for the jersey with the Buducnosti crest, that's unacceptable to me. They have to show more fighting spirit, to do more fouls in a one-on-one game, that's something that wasn't good today and that I can't understand. When we eliminate those flaws in the game, we can talk about other tactical details," Popović told the Lupski website.

"We didn't do well in attack either, there were a lot of problems and we didn't score easy goals, and when we had good opportunities, we didn't use them. There were mistakes in the attack that the opponent punished with easy goals, that shouldn't happen, because returning it has to be better. Of course I'm not satisfied with the release, I know we have to do much better," concluded Popović.

The future of Bemax was an equal rival only in the opening minutes, everything else was in the name of the Danish team, which registered its second victory of the season.

"As a young team, we look forward to every match in the Champions League, but the approach must be better. We had to respond better to some tactical things, which the coaching staff asked us to do. We started the match well, but in the following we had to show greater combativeness and that we have the same desire as was the case in the opening minutes. We have to do better in the next matches". said right winger Nina Bulatović.

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