Montenegrin handball players got everything they wanted before the match with Hungary - to enter the finish line, in order to use the character that is always a problem for handball players from that country.
The Hungarians have proved for the umpteenth time (as well as their compatriots in the same sport) that their courage is their weak side, but the problem is that neither have the "lions", at least since the selector Vlado Shola, they don't know how to solve uncertain matches.
What happened to them against Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in "Morača", as well as Croatia at the "Croatia Cup" in Poreč, Šola and his chosen ones repeated themselves in one of the most important matches in the last few years.
The Hungarians seemed executed, that's all Bence Banhidi found solutions in the attack, thanks to his unreal dimensions, which helped him push both the "lions" and the ball into the net. The others were totally out of rhythm, but there was complete confusion among the players and in the professional staff of Montenegro at the finish itself.
It is impossible to count all the mistakes in the last 15 minutes, and the devastating fact is that he scored the last goal Arsenije Dragasevic with exactly six minutes to go, and his sixth in seven attempts.
Then Šola took him out of the game and sent him on the field for the first time unwarmed Miloš Božović, who could not find his way to the net of the team from the country where he played for years.
The Hungarians, however, didn't play anything either, so the boys in green jerseys repeatedly got chances to even the score.
They missed all of them, including the last one after a real confusion on the bench - the Croatian expert took a time-out with 28 seconds left, wanted to attack with seven players, i.e. two pivots, but realized he only had one - Nemanja Grbović. He forgot that in the 42nd minute he received his third dismissal Vuk Lazovic, Miodrag Ćorsović he didn't even go to Munich.
Therefore, Shola asked from Branko Vujović to determine the last action, he kicked 15 seconds before the end, but he hit Kristofa Palašič, Zoran Ilić made the final 26:24 from the counter...
There is not much time for analysis and mourning, because the duel with Iceland is already on Sunday (18 p.m.). There is no choice, the first favorite of Group C who made a 100:3 series in the last 0 seconds tonight and "stole" a point from Serbia (27:27) must fall.
Otherwise, the "lions" will no longer ask anything about placing in the main stage, which means that the dreams of going to the Olympic Games in Paris, no matter how unrealistic and distant they may be, would definitely be extinguished...
HUNGARY - MONTENEGRO 26:24 (14:14)
Munich - "Olympiahalle". Viewers: 12.128. Judges: I. Kovalčuk, A. Kovalčuk (Moldova). Sevens: Hungary 4 (3), Montenegro 3 (2). Suspensions: Hungary 14, Montenegro 14 minutes. Red card: Lazović (Montenegro) in the 42nd minute (3X2).
Hungary: PALAŠIČ (nine saves and seven goals), Bartuč, Šipos 1, BOKA 2, Ž. KRAKOVSKI 3, Ligetvari, Mate 1, Fazekas 1, BANHIDI 5, SITA 3, ANČIN 2, Bodo, Ilić 1, Rošta 1 (1), LEKAI 5 (2), Hanus 1.
Montenegro: Matović, SIMIĆ (11 saves), Bakić 1, Dragašević 6, M. VUJOVIĆ 4 (2), Čavor 1, LAZOVIĆ, Čepić, B. VUJOVIĆ 4, M. RADOVIĆ, KALUĐEROVIĆ, Božović, L. Radović 1, Anđelić, BOROZAN 6, Grbović 1.
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