The most uncertain quarter-final was expected, it was the most exciting - Montenegrin handball players put up phenomenal resistance against Denmark and lost 26:24.
Bojana Popović's team deserves congratulations, especially for coming back to life after minus seven, but something more needed a little fairness from the judges.
Namely, with less than three minutes to go, Dijana Mugoš reduced the score to 25:23 from the counter, with an obvious foul by Trina Estergord-Jensen for exclusion, but the Algerian referees remained silent.
Itana Grbić was excluded due to the protest and that was the end of the dream. A dream that could not be fulfilled, because it would have turned into a nightmare for Denmark, which organized the championship to attack for the first gold since 2004...
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Denmark timeout with 23 seconds remaining.
The end of the dream. Toft saves Jelena Despotović's shot, Jergensen hits an empty net with one minute and 15 seconds left.
Fris hits the post from a lob with just over two minutes remaining.
Phenomenal goal by Dijana Mugoša for 25:23 and exclusion of Itana Grbić due to protest. And no one knows how the judges did not see that Mugoš was sent off, because Estergord-Jensen pushed her from behind.
Despotović hits again.
Burgord scores with four and a half minutes left for 25:21.
Jelena Despotović guesses.
They will attack with seven players, without a goalkeeper.
Fris hits at 24:20, Bojana Popović calls a time-out with five minutes and 44 seconds left.
The attack was passive, Jelena Despotović hit the block.
Unfortunately, it hits Ane-Meta Hansen.
Sandra Toft defends Itana Grbić's shot, but Nina Bulatović scores a masterful goal from the counter for 22:20 with eight minutes and 35 seconds left.
The fourth goal by Itana Grbić in 22:19 with 10 minutes to go.
Time-out for Denmark with 11 minutes and nine seconds left.
Bad attack with the player more, Tanja Ivanovic's shot is defended by Toft.
Tanja Iavnović immediately uses it for 22:18.
Sara Iversen scores for 22:17 in the 47th minute, in an attack with a player more. And the first exclusion for Denmark.
Dijana Mugoš reduces from the counter to 21:17, Denmark is without a goal for over six minutes. And with one less player, because Bojana Popović was sent off for protesting, and before that she already had a yellow card.
Jelena Despotović scores from the counter for 21:16 in the 43rd minute. And the new defense of Marina Rajčić.
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