Abramović: If we had reduced the number of mistakes in the first and second half, I think we would have been happy

"The difference went to six goals, and this team - young, inexperienced and tired without rotation - tried to catch up with the rival. And, when we were close to reducing it to minus two, we missed shots because of that fatigue," says the coach of the Buducnost handball team.

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Photo: ŽRK Budućnost/Luka Stanković
Photo: ŽRK Budućnost/Luka Stanković
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Another defeat, the 11th in total this season and the fact that the Buducnost women's handball team finished the Champions League in last place with one round remaining.

Storhamar was better than Zoran Abramović's team in the last match at "Morača" this season - 26:22.

The outcome of the match could be predicted at the beginning of the game when the Norwegians went up 9:3.

"We definitely lost the game in the first half. And in the announcement I said that if there were under 10 technical fouls that we would be close - in the end there were 12 in total, but 10 in the first half," said Abramović.

Buducnost tried to catch up with its rival until the end...

"The difference went to six goals, and this team - young, inexperienced and tired without rotation - tried to catch up with their rivals. And when we were close to reducing it to minus two, we missed shots because of that fatigue," added the coach of the "blue and whites".

He once again referred to the number of technical errors.

"I'm saying there were only two in the second half, and if that was the case in the first half, I think we would have been happy in this match. There was a sense of tightness, but the worst thing of all was that the mistakes were unintentional, we gave the ball directly to our rivals and conceded goals. That was ultimately the deciding factor. In the end, the rivals deserved their victory, I wish them a triumph in the next round as well," Abramović concluded.

Elena Mitrović also sees the reason for the defeat in mistakes.

"I think we gave our best, but the mistakes that happened are an integral part of sport. We will do our best to fix it. There is one more game left and we will do our best to win," said Elena.

For the young handball player, these were new minutes in the Champions League.

"I'm satisfied, I could have given even more, because I'm a fresh player, but I think I made the most of my minutes," Elena pointed out.

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