The men's karate team of Montenegro was stopped in the third round of the team part of the World Championship in Budapest.
The team consisting of Nenad Dulović, Nikola Malović, Nemanja Jovović, Emre Saljiu, Lazar Jovović, Nemanja Mikulić and Lazar Potpara was free at the start, while in the second round they beat Denmark 3:2.
This was followed by a 3:1 defeat by Slovakia, which lost to Jordan 3:1 in the battle for the semi-finals, thus closing the door to the repechage for the Montenegrin national team.
In the continuation of the tournament, Jordan also eliminated Azerbaijan 3:0, so on Sunday they will fight for the title of world champion against Egypt, who won against France 3:1 in the semi-finals.
The winners of bronze medals will be decided by duels between France and Kazakhstan, or Azerbaijan and Italy.
The women's wrestling team, after yesterday's defeat, did not get a new opportunity to continue the fight for a medal through the repechage.
Kazakhstan, after victories against Iran, Slovakia and Brazil, was stopped in the semi-finals by Japan.
The selector of the men's team in the fights, Almir Cecunjanin, said that he could not be completely satisfied with the performance in the team part.
"It's a young team, but I expected those young guys to give the last atom of strength, to do the matches properly. I know they can, but something happened. I'll have to see what's the reason for those mistakes in the future we wouldn't do it. Let's correct them, so that they would be even better in the next competitions," said Cecunjanin to the MINA agency.
He said that there were also good things, especially in the duel with Denmark.
"We started well against Slovakia as well, but from the third match we started to fall. We had to chase the result and it didn't pay off for us," said Cecunjanin.
Tomorrow, the bronze medal matches and finals in katas and individual fights are on the program, and Nenad Dulović will have the opportunity to fight for the first Montenegrin senior gold medal at the European and world championships since the restoration of independence.
"The desired final, which we have been waiting for a long time. I hope for the best, I hope that Dulović, as in every match so far, will give his best. We have prepared tactics for a good fighter, the official champion of Europe and the world, the Olympic champion from Tokyo. We respect his quality, but we also see a chance to win," said Cecunjanin.
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