Dreams of going to Paris will not come true - the Montenegrin women's handball team was defeated today by Slovenia in Ulm (30:26) in the last round of the qualification tournament and missed the opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games for the fourth time in a row.
"Lionesses" failed again in the attack, which did not work in this tournament. Often today the attack was hasty, the actions were finished quickly, so the great game of Armel Atingre, who excelled in goal and had 17 saves, fell into the background.
Slovenia led from the beginning of the game, Montenegro struggled in attack and scored the first goal from the game only in the 12th minute when Dijana Mugoša was accurate from the wing position for 5:4.
After Mugoša's goal, Slovenia scored three goals and went to plus four for the first time (8:4), and after Ana Gros' goal it was 9:5.
By the end of the first half, Montenegro managed to reduce the score to minus one (11:10) through Matea Pletikosić, but Dragan Adžić's team repelled that rush and went to the locker room with a three-goal advantage - 14:11.
In the second half, the "lionesses" came close to a two-goal deficit on two occasions - the last time was after Pletikosić's goal, when the scoreboard read 17:15 for Slovenia. Then Adžić's team went to plus five (20:15), and by the end had a seven-goal advantage - 25:18.
Dijana Mugoša was the most effective with seven goals. Matea Pletikosić had six goals, and Itana Grbić five.
With Slovenia, Ana Gros and Tjaša Stanko hit the net seven times each.
Goal by Itana Grbić - 25:28.
Varagić scores in 24:28.
Mugoša and Brnović reduced the score - 24:27.
Goal by Tatjana Brnović - 21:25.
Smanuje Tanja Ivanovic - 20:25.
Goal by Matea Pletikosić - 19:25.
Third goal in a row Stanko - 18:25.
Six differences for Slovenia, another goal Stanko - 18:24.
Hit by Stanko - 18:23.
Mugoša reduced, Klikovac sent off - 18:22.
Pandžić stops Bobana Klikovac, then Varagić hits from the wing - 17:22.
Gross returns a four-goal advantage from nine meters - 17:21.
Quick goal by Jelena Despotović - 17:20.
Reduces Itana Grbić - 16:20.
Slovenian women have a five-goal lead for the first time - 20:15.
Slovenia again has a four-goal advantage, Stanko scored - 15:19.
Pandžić also stops Jelena Despotović.
Pletikosić didn't make the seven-pointer, Pandžić made the save.
Ana Gros hits in 15:18.
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