Buducnost and Ludwigsburg played their second match this season, and the new one in southern Germany had a similar course to the one played three months ago in "Morača".
The Montenegrin champion was good during the first half, could have gone into the break with a smaller deficit, and then sank in the second half - 26:18, in the 10th round of the Champions League.
The "Blue and White", who played this match without captain Ivona Pavićević, thus remain on three points and by the end of the group stage they will try to pull off a new surprise, skip Rapid Bucharest and advance to the knockout stage.
Buducnost were down three points (30:13) after 10 minutes, and it seemed that they deserved a better result with their play and attitude. However, a few missed shots in the final seconds meant that the German champion went into the break with a good margin.
Bojana Popović's girls were mostly equal rivals with the European vice-champions during that period. Armel Atingre was in goal, and there were some nice goals - like after the actions of the young players Jelena Vukčević and Nikolina Marković - the game was practically goal for goal until the last four minutes.
A short break followed due to problems with the surface in the "MHP Arena", and all of this seemed to "cool down" the players in blue and white a little.
Johana Bundsen shone in the home goal - the goalkeeper who stopped Montenegro at the EHF Euro a little over a month ago "took down" the defenders of Mari Plemenova Tomove and Dunja Radević, so Ludwigsburg reached the lead from 11:10 to 13:10 through Viola Leuchter and Jeni Karlsson.
Buducnost's offensive play didn't look that bad in the rest of the game, but Jakob Westergaard's team was too fast for the Montenegrin giant's defense, so the scoreboard quickly showed 20:14 for Ludwigsburg.
The home team's advantage continued to grow until the final score of 26:18, and perhaps more worrying than the eventual defeat was the injury to Nina Ramusović, who had to leave the court in the arms of her teammates.
LUDVIGSBURG - FUTURE 26:18 (13:10)
Ludwigsburg - "MHP arena". Attendance: 1.800. Referees: Andorka and Hooker (Hungary). 5-pointers: Ludwigsburg 5 (6), Buducnost 6 (2). Suspensions: Ludwigsburg 6, Buducnost XNUMX minutes.
Ludvigsburg: Bundsen (11 saves), Rot, Tomajer 3, Gasama-Sisoko, Del 6, Lojhter 5, Johansen 1, Hvenfelt, Smits 1, Nestaker 4, Karslon 3, Faluvegi, Mala 3.
Future: Atingre (five saves), Hauge (one save), Marsenić, Monti-Danijelson, Vukčević 5, Godeč 2, Popović, Marković 1, Ivanović 1, Radević, Bulatović 1, Tomova, Ramusović 2, Radivojević 4, Kadović.
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