Volleyball Radar: Džaković excels in Azerbaijan, Saška tops Portugal

The performance of our volleyball players abroad

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Mina Dragović, Photo: CSM Lugoj – volleyball
Mina Dragović, Photo: CSM Lugoj – volleyball
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Montenegrin national team player Danijela Džaković led her team Mili Aviasije to another victory in the Azerbaijan Championship. Our serve receiver won 17 points in a 3:0 triumph over Murov's team and was the most efficient player in the match of the 9th round of the Azerbaijan Super League.

Saška Đurović also had a perfect game for Sporting, who defeated Vitoria Guimaraes 19:3 in the 1th round of the Portuguese championship, achieving their fifth consecutive triumph in all competitions. Our middle blocker finished the match with 16 points, a significant factor in the 16th victory in the championship, which kept Sporting ahead of Benfica at the top of the table.

Another of our middle blockers was in double figures this weekend, but it didn't bring success to her team. Katarina Budrak won 10 points in her Bordeaux away game against Mulhouse, which ended in four sets in favor of the home team. It was Bordeaux's 11th defeat in 20 rounds of the French Ligue A, so they face a big playoff battle in the remaining six matches.

TED Kolejliler, led by our corrector Nikoleta Perović, is in a good rhythm, and is in the play-off zone for a place in the Turkish Sultanar League. The team from Ankara celebrated at home 3:0 against the underdog Eregli, so our representative played only in the first half of the first set. It was the 12th victory for Kolejliler in the 19th round.

In the Slovenian championship, GEN-I Volley has had weaker results in the second half of the season, but Nevena Vukčević is at a high level. In a 3:0 away loss to Šempert, the Montenegrin serve receiver had 12 points.

After a great December and the end of January, during which they won six games in the Romanian championship, Mina Dragović's team, Lugoš, suffered two defeats. After Constanta, they were defeated by Alba 3:0, and the Montenegrin blocker only managed to win one point. Lugoš thus remained at 13 wins, behind Voluntari and Corona Brasov in third and fourth place, respectively.

Marija Šušić's team, Sen Benedek, finished the league part of the Hungarian championship with all losses. The last, 15th defeat, was suffered by the team MAV Elora 3:1 away, where they won only one of the four sets this season. Our coach had a good scoring record, winning four points, and in the rest of the season she expects a quarter-final of the playoffs with the team Békéscsabay.

In the Croatian Super League, Mladost has overtaken city rival Dinamo Zagreb at the top of the table. With a convincing 3:0 victory in the 12th round of the championship, Mladost avenged Dinamo for their only defeat of the season. In Mladost's 11th victory in the championship, our national team player, Simona Petranović, did not record any minutes on the court.

The Montenegrins did not get a chance on the field in the 16th round of the Serbian Super League either. Jedinstvo from Stara Pazova, coached by our coach Jov Caković, celebrated a 3-0 away win over their namesake from Užice, and Staša Mitrović watched her team's victory from the bench, just like Darja Popović and Lara Jovović watched their teams Omladinac and Srem lose in duels with favorites, Tenta and Crvena zvezda, respectively.

Teodora Rakočević also suffered a defeat this weekend, as her Banja Luka lost to Goražde 3:1 in the 15th round of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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