The eighth appearance at the world championships has ended, and the Montenegrin women's handball team is among the top eight on the planet for the fifth time.
Perhaps it could have been better in the group matches, but after the defeat to Norway in the quarterfinals (32:23), the overall impression is that the "lionesses" achieved what they traveled to Germany for.
In the end, Suzana Lazović's team was the only one in the tournament not to be defeated by a double-digit margin, along with Heni Rystad, Nora Merk and her friends.
"I think the result would have been better if we hadn't had a large number of technical errors (24), we wanted to keep them to a minimum because we know that they feed off of the team. However, I think we should be satisfied with the end result and proud of these girls, because despite the illness and all the things we've been fighting with over the last two days, they rose up and gave their all," said Suzana Lazović.
Once again, she put her players first.
"Regardless of the result and everything else, hats off to them, they gave their all and tried their best to make the defeat more bearable."
Are the quarterfinals and minus nine a reality or can Montenegro do more than that in the coming years?
"We all want it to be more, but if we look at it realistically with this kind of squad, with five debutants, it was difficult. So I think this result is a gold medal for us when we see the countries we competed with and which have many more registered players," Lazović emphasized.
She finally said.
"I am certain and I stand firmly behind the fact that no matter how much some may think otherwise, no team here has the heart like Montenegro."
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