The volleyball players of Buducnost failed to achieve the feat against the best Croatian teams.
After losing to Mursa in the first match of the second MEVZA League tournament in Maribor, 3:1, they lost the match to the leader of the Croatian Super League, Mladost, by the same score, in sets 25:22, 25:22, 14:25, 26:24, in a match that brought a lot of excitement and good volleyball.
Radić's men chased their rivals almost the entire first set, then indicated that they could get back into the match with a good game in the second set, in which Mladost played brilliantly in the final.
The third set was entirely in the hands of Buducnost, in which several players were given a break due to the tight schedule – the Montenegrin vice-champion extended the match with 25:14, and then was close to the fifth set, having led almost the entire time, had +5 (15:10), and several times +4, the last time at the score of 23:19 and two set points, but failed in the final. Mladost's series 4:0 and Buducnost's third defeat in five matches.
The Montenegrin Super Cup winner suffered all three defeats in close duels, and he regrets the most the match against MAV Elore, in which he had a 2:0 lead and a match point.
For Buducnost, captain Jovan Delić had 21 points, and Marko Vukašinović with 16 and Aleksa Nikolić with 10 scored in double figures, while for Mladost, Ivan Zeljković was the most efficient with 15 points, and Montenegrin middle blocker Nikola Đurović had a great game, scoring eight.
The Blues travel to Austria tomorrow, where they will play Zadruga in Bleiburg, starting at 19 p.m., and look for a surprise to stay in the game for a place in the final four. The Austrian team has won all three games so far, and tonight, starting at 19 p.m., they will face Budva.
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