A good forty minutes in Bucharest and only 16 in the first match in "Morača" after a year and a half...
Handball players from Buducnosti were not even close to a miracle against the favorites, they were convincingly defeated in the 2nd round of Group B of the Champions League - the points from our biggest hall were easily taken by the French Brest (35:25).
In the last 16 matches in the EHF elite, the two-time European champion has recorded only two victories (both against Savehof last season) and one draw - just surprising 10 months ago against Brest.
At the same time, the second most convincing defeat in Morača was tied - the first remains the one from 1998, when Mar Valencia won in Podgorica with 40:26.
Bojana Popović's girls were in a minis practically from the first minute, Brest mostly had a goal or two advantage at the start, and then, thanks to the best period in the match, Budućnost reached 7:7 with a goal from Jelena Radivojević.
It was the 16th minute, and the next two express attacks by Rafaela Tervel's team seemed to announce the defeat of the Montenegrin champion - Onasija Ondono and Korali Lasurs quickly returned the plus two for Brest, and soon the scoreboard in "Morača" showed 12:7 .
Apart from Jelena Radivojević, there were few players in the mood in the attack in those moments, and the defense of Sakara Hauga did not help either, so after the goal of Kristina Novak, Brest went to a big 16:8.
With four tied goals - two at the end of the first half and two at the beginning of the second half - Buducnost came close to 16:12, but Brest with a new series of 5:0 already went to the unattainable 21:12.
In those moments, captain Ivona Pavićević automatically earned two exclusions due to the ironic applause addressed to the judges from the Netherlands, and the advantage of the French team constantly grew (up to 14 points), even Brest's goalkeeper Florian Andre scored twice from her own half.
In the end, "Morača" lost the final score to minus 13, but the handball players of Budućnosti, who overcame a lot during the summer, received a round of applause from around 800 spectators.
Such a defeat also brought a few good things, such as the goals on the debut in the Champions League by the talented Nina Ramusović and the coolness of the 19-year-old Jelena Vukčević, who hit all seven penalties, and once shook the net from play.
The next match Budućnost will play on Saturday against Odenze away.
THE FUTURE - ELMS 22:35 (10:16)
Podgorica - "Morača" Hall. Spectators: 800. Referees: Vejmans and Volbertus (Netherlands). Sevens: Buducnost 9 (8), Brest 5 (3). Exclusions: Buducnost 12, Brest 8 minutes.
Future: Atingre (four saves), Hauge (three saves and seven goals), Marsenić, Danijelson, Vukčević 8 (7), Godeč 1, Popović, Marković 1, Ivanović 1, Radević 1, Bulatović, Tomova, Ramusović 3 (1), Radivojević 3, Kadović 2, Pavićević 2.
Brest: Andre 2 (14 saves), Filter (two saves), Nokandi 3, Merot 4 (3), Lasurs 4, Ondono 3, Vjahireva 5, Novak 3, Fore 2, Kanor 2, Fopa 1, Let 2, Koatanea, Žariž 1, Dembele 1, Mladenovska 2.
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