In the place of a nightmare, Buducnost played one of the better matches in recent years: Odenze celebrated in the finish with the help of the referees

Montenegrin giant defeated in the third round of the Champions League 31:29

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Young Jelena Vukčević played a great match, Photo: handballrapid
Young Jelena Vukčević played a great match, Photo: handballrapid
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Last September, Budućnost lost with an unreal 30:25 after 8 minutes in "Sidbank Arena", this time the story on the Danish island of Finn was completely different...

In the end, the Montenegrin giant was defeated by Odense in the third round of the Champions League with 31:29, although everything could have been different if the judging criteria of the tandem from Poland had been more uniform.

Bojana Popović's girls did not play a better half, but during the entire game they showed that the two-time European champion has a team with a lot of potential - in the end they did not have the strength for a positive result, but the impression certainly remains positive.

Bojana Popović pointed out after Brest that the misses came from the least expected positions, from the experienced defenders, and it was Nina Bulatović and Ivona Pavićević who opened the match perfectly. And, with the great young Jelena Vukčević, Budućnost immediately showed that the Danish women are waiting for a much harder job this time.

It was Vukčević who announced that this would be an exciting match, when at the end of the first half she once again reminded how cool she is from the sevens (12:12).

Several quick goals from both sides opened the second half, Jelena Radivojević conducted (she was often played with a patch), Nina Bulatović scored in the 36th minute for the first lead in the match for the Montenegrin giants (17:16), and soon after with two masterful goals and for plus two (18:16, 19:17).

At that moment, the right wing of the "blues" hit the net six times out of seven attempts.

Sakura Hauge was excellent in the goal during the first half, and in the rest she replaced Armel Atingre equally well, and after one of her interventions, Radivojević intelligently won a penalty, and from seven meters Jelena Vukčević made no mistake - after the 42nd minute, Budućnost had a great result (20:17).

However, inexperience and some refereeing mistakes took their toll, so the "blues" were already without what they had been building for a long time until the 47th - Odenze regained the lead with a 4:0 series (21:20).

Even that did not "kill" the will and desire of the girls in blue, Radivojević, Godeč, Tanja Ivanović and, of course, the young Vukčević scored, after one of her goals Budućnost had 27:26, but frequent exclusions in the finish (questionable) led the match to the old Odenzea...

ODENZE - THE FUTURE 31:29 (13:12)

Take them away - Sidbank Arena. Spectators: 1.700. Judges: Lidacka and Lesjak (Poland). Sevens: Odenze 2 (1), Buducnost 5 (5). Suspensions: Odenze 2, Buducnost 8 minutes.

Odense: Rajnhart, Ten Holte (sedam eliminated), Ordal 2, Larsen-Aune 4, Fauske, Gruntvig 1, Čapčet 1, Vale-Dal, Halilčević 1, Skjum-Tomsen 3, Hojlund 5, Rušfelt 9, Ogot-Hansen 1 ( 1), Van der Flit, Hagese-Elver 4.

Future: Atingre (five saves), Hauge (five saves and seven goals), Marsenić, Danijelson, Vukčević 9 (5), Godeč 2, Popović, Marković 1, Ivanović 3, Radević, Bulatović 7, Tomova, Ramusović, Radivojević 4, Kadović , Pavićević 3.

Standings provided by Sofascore

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