Several Montenegrin national team players had good games last week in volleyball Europe, where the fight for the finals of the competition is heating up. The especially enthusiastic scorers were correctors Jovović and Pavicevic, and Jovan Delić also had a double-digit performance.
Mladost is unstoppable in the Croatian Super League, and last weekend they achieved another maximum victory, their 13th in the championship. They celebrated away to Split 3:0, led by our striker, Đorđe Jovović. The great Podgorica player had 18 points with an excellent 74% of successful attacks, and the triumph of the Zagreb team was marked with two points by our young middle blocker, Nikola Đurović, who played in the second and third sets.
Ribola Kaštela continued their chase for the leader, also securing a spot in the 13th round. With nine points from Vukašin Cimbaljević, the team from Dalmatia celebrated a 3-0 victory over Rijeka. Ribola's score is now 11-2.
The fourth Montenegrin in the Croatian championship, Srđan Petrović was the protagonist of the exciting match between Centrometal and Marsonia. His team was defeated 3:1 (25:16, 20:25 25:21, 25:21), and the young midfielder in the Marsonia jersey finished the match with five points. It was the second consecutive defeat for the team from Slavonski Brod, which is in the play-in zone, in fifth place, with a score of 7-6.
Milutin Pavićević had another great individual game, but it wasn't enough for his team Karađorđe to win in the 17th round of the Serbian Super League. Our corrector scored 16 points and was the most efficient player for Karađorđe, who lost to Radnički Niš 3:1.
Pavićević's team is fifth in the standings, with 10 wins, two fewer than Radnički and third-placed Crvena Zvezda, coached by our coach Ivica Jevtić. The Belgrade team beat the leaders of the standings, Vojvodina, 3:2 in the championship derby and came close to winning.
Turšad, led by our national team player Marko Bojić, is in a series of poor results. It suffered its fourth consecutive defeat in the Efeler League in Turkey, and with three rounds remaining, it is still in the danger zone, but with one more win than Akusa, which is at the bottom of the table. Turšad suffered its seventeenth defeat in the 21st round against Arkas, which is chasing the play-offs. It was 3:0 in favor of the home team, and Bojić finished the match with eight points.
Unlike Turšad, Alpacem Kanal's team, led by Matija Ćinćur, has found form. His team celebrated a 3-1 win over Maribor, and Ćinćur had a great game with nine points. In this way, Alpacem Kanal has consolidated its second place in the Slovenian championship table four rounds before the playoffs.
Jovan Delić had another good game in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our serve receiver won 11 points in another victory for his team Domaljevac, which celebrated as a home team against Modriča 3:0. It was Domaljevac's 15th triumph in 16 rounds, and in the penultimate round, they will face a duel for home court advantage in the playoffs, with the team they share first place with, Napredak from Odžak.
In the Czech Championship, Usti failed to connect two victories for the first time in the season. The team in which our volleyball players Blažo Milić and Nemanja Peruničić play lost to the Benjatki team 3:0, Peruničić finished the match with two points, and Milić with one. Three rounds before the end of the championship, Usti is three wins behind the penultimate team Zlin and is on the verge of relegation to a lower rank.
Marko Joksimović and his team Al Sadd celebrated in the duel with Al Kor 3:0 and advanced from the bottom of the table. Our technician won a point in a big victory in the derby at the bottom, with which Al Sadd jumped over the composition of Al Kor and Al Shamal, a team that suffered a defeat to Qatar Sport of our coach Darko Prebiracevic, also 3:0.
Another Montenegrin coach in the Middle East, Balša Radulović, reached the final of the Iran Cup, in which his Sepahan lost to Razin Polmer 3:1.
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