"We showed team spirit and everything we've been doing the past two months"

The last point in last night's game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the point that marked the end of the match and launched the Montenegrin women's volleyball team to its first European Championship, was scored by Nikoleta Perović.

Montenegro defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina (3:0) away, and the captain led the team with 24 points.

With this victory, our national team secured at least a place among the five best second-placed teams in the qualifiers. Montenegro is currently the leader in the Group D table, one point ahead of Latvia, with whom they will play for first place on Sunday, in the final round.

"I would like to congratulate the team on a phenomenal game, an incredible fight. We managed to come back from a bad game, a deficit. We showed team spirit and everything we have been doing for the past two months. I am glad, happy and proud. The atmosphere was phenomenal. We stuck to our tactics and therefore celebrated and achieved a historic result. To finish the job, we need a victory on Sunday against Latvia, so I hereby invite the audience to write history with us," said Perović after the match.

The match against Latvia is on Sunday (19) in Kolašin.

"I am proud of all the girls, because we managed to play the game the way we should, as we had been preparing all along. We won three points, which are very important when it comes to qualifying for the European Championship. We need to continue in the same rhythm in order to beat Latvia on Sunday and win first place in the group," said Tijana Tvrdišić.