The match with one favorite of the group ended last night around 22 pm, the clash with the other one starts today at 18 pm - after the first defeat at the European Championship against Hungary (26:20), Montenegrin handball players have to look for victory against France.
A strange and hard-to-understand system of the European Handball Federation, but the "lionesses" don't have much time to think about it, because against the world champions, defeat would also mean goodbye to their dreams of the semi-finals.
"We have strength and we have to find it, we have a strong match ahead of us and we will have to repeat the games from the first round, but also not to allow technical mistakes because in this round no selection will forgive that - said Marina Rajčić from Hungary.
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Suzana Lazović's chosen team, after three victories in the first phase, opened the match against the hosts very well, but in the middle of the first half they "braked" which Vladimir Golovin's team knew how to use.
"We started making a lot of technical mistakes, and Hungary doesn't forgive that - it's the first defeat, but we'll move on, with our heads up - a very strong game is waiting for us soon, nothing is lost yet," added the Montenegrin goalkeeper.
The duel with France will be a replay of the match for third place from the last EHF Euro, when Montenegro reached the bronze medal.
"We will do our best, and it is natural that after such games in the first round a small drop happens - we will continue and we will not give up on ourselves", Marina is clear.
Jelena Vukčević believes that it is not easy to find strength twenty hours later.
"Of course not, but it's a new day, a new game awaits us - that's the hard part of the job when after a defeat we have to pick ourselves up and prepare physically and mentally for the next game," says our right back.
However, he believes that the "lionesses" will be ready for one of the favorites of the tournament.
"It will be difficult, the girls who play for 60 minutes will also get tired, but I think we can recover and be ready for that match".
She also turned to the defeat against Hungary.
"She didn't surprise us too much, I think it was more our mistakes in the attack that resulted in the fall, but I think everything will be much better against France," concluded Jelena Vukčević.
EHF EURO 2024
Group 1 (Debrecin)
Today
Sweden - Romania (15.30:XNUMX p.m.)
France - Montenegro (18.00)
Hungary - Poland (20.30)
Group 2 (Vienna)
Saturday
Switzerland - Slovenia (15.30:XNUMX p.m.)
Denmark - Germany (18.00)
Netherlands - Norway (20.30)
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