For the fourth time in the last five years, for the third season in a row, the two-time European champion has finished the Champions League competition after the group stage. Now, in last place in the group.
This is known after another defeat, the 11th of this season - the Buducnost handball team said goodbye to "Morača" with a failure against Storhamar (26:22) and lost the chance to avoid the "lantern" before the end of the round.
With a win, the "blue and white" could have overtaken the Norwegian team in the standings, but Zoran Abramović's team was nowhere near such an epilogue against a team that is far from the top of Europe.
Another painful season will end next weekend in Debrecen, and then from September the giants from Podgorica should start to regain at least some of their former glory. The return of Đurđina Jauković, probably more reinforcements, along with extended contracts with the main players, herald better days...
And then maybe "Morača" won't be as sadly deserted as it was this and previous seasons...
The match with Storhamar was practically decided at the beginning of the game, Buducnost held on to a 2:2 draw through Itana Grbić and Nikolina Marković, and then Eli Mari Rasok did not score for 13 minutes.
The Norwegians took advantage of everything and quickly went up 9:3, and later knew how to maintain the advantage they had gained.
Abramović's team came close to getting down to minus three several times in the second half, but did not take advantage of those opportunities until the 52nd minute when Nikolina Maarković scored for 22:19.
You couldn't get any closer than that, so Storhamar somehow and routinely finished the story in "Morača" and continues to believe that he could reach the knockout stage.
FUTURE - STORHAMAR 22:26 (10:16)
Podgorica - "Morača" Hall. Attendance: 90. Referees: T. Picard and P. Vauche (France). 7-pointers: Buducnost 7 (4), Storhamar 1 (0). Suspensions: Buducnost 4, Storhamar 2 minutes.
Future: Atingre (12 saves), Škerović, Marsenić, Mitrović, Godeč 4, Marković 5, Endiaj, Vasić 3, Guberinić, Radevic, Bulatović 3, Knežević, Ramusović 1, Radivojević 1, Kadović 1, Grbić 4.
Storhamar: Rasok (16 saves), Krog (one save), Aune 3, Mone, Rivas-Toft 6, Enkerud 3, Skinehaugen, Nordstrand, Obaidli 7, Solas 4, Mastad 1, Mala 2.
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