Božović: The French have given us homework again

From the special reporter "Vijesti"

Miloš Božović was in the mood to outplay the French, scoring six goals, but that was not enough to prevent a convincing defeat at the start of the main stage of the 28th World Cup (35:24).

"There are a lot of games with a high rhythm and the guys who carry the biggest burden feel it. We prepared the game, but we didn't manage to put the things we agreed on on the field, especially in the 2nd half, where we didn't have a solution for their attack, defense and goalkeeper. He was incredible. They gave us homework again, like last winter," said the left back of French Ivri.

For Montenegro, the second defeat did not end the championship, on the contrary. There is still a theoretical chance to reach the quarter-finals, but Poland and Slovenia must be overcome. Even in that case, the fate of the "lions" would be in the hands of others, but they will do their best to defeat one of the two WC hosts on Friday in Krakow.

"It will be a slightly different game. I expect full stands, a hot atmosphere, which we love and are used to in Montenegro, in Morača. I hope that it will give us an extra impulse, to awaken emotion and impulse, that heart side, and to play better than tonight".

Montenegro is not playing well in defense at this championship. It was seen against Iran and Chile, it was exposed tonight.

"Defensive mistakes were seen. In the previous two games, we were perhaps too focused on the counters, where we thought we would outrun the opponent, and for tonight we discussed that the defense must take on a different shape, to be stronger and denser. It was somewhat successful in the 1st half, in the sequel their extra quality and great rotation came to the fore. We have seen the result of that," Božović concluded.

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