Italy once defended against Montenegro at the World Junior Championship (in the first round when it was 15:15 p.m.), but the second time they could not, not even the obvious help of the judges in the last minute.
The epilogue is the best possible - the Montenegrin water polo players are in the World Cup final, after defeating "azure" in the semi-final with a score of 11:10.
"We couldn't do anything without this great audience. I congratulate my teammates and the coaching staff, this is a great success, but we're not satisfied, we're going for gold," said Đuro Radović.
Tonight it was all in Podgorica, and in the semi-finals, Montenegro lived on the goals of left-handed players - Đur Radović and Aleksa Ukropina. In addition to these two, Savo Ćetković and Branko Franeta also enrolled.
Jadran's tandem scored nine out of 11 goals, of which Radović even scored six...
The player of the match, however, was the goalkeeper Petar Tešanović, who responded to the referee's injustice and two counterfouls against our team in the last 45 seconds - with a perfect defense in the last seconds of the match when Italy squandered a chance to reach the top five through Gaetan Baviera from two meters.
"We led the whole game and I couldn't allow us to go into the box," Tesanović said with a smile.
But, this is a well-deserved victory for Montenegro, and tomorrow at 21:21 in the final, the rival Croatia, which beat Hungary in the semi-final with a score of 17:XNUMX.
"Extremely difficult game, as we expected. Italy is deservedly where it is, it deservedly beat Serbia, the champion of Europe. It was difficult, we led the whole game, we held the game and the result in our hands. In the final, we play with excellent Croats , we know the least about them, we didn't play with them this year. They have a recognizable style of play, and we will try to get used to it. The boys have heart and knowledge, we will play the best we can, and I hope we will checkmate the Croats," said junior coach Veljko Uskoković .
Montenegro - Italy 11:10 (4:3, 3:2, 2:3, 2:2)
Podgorica - SC "Morača" swimming pool. Spectators: 1.500. Referees: Kolominjas (Spain), Polichronopoulos (Greece). Player more: Montenegro 6 (3), Italy 9 (4).
Montenegro: Tešanović (10 saves), Franeta 1, Ćetković 1, Saveljić, Matković, Dragović, Ukropina 3, Mijušković, Radović 6, Banićević, Krivokapić.
Italy: Nicosia, Bavaria 1, Gavazzi 1, Navarre 1, Guidi, Macioni 2, Piombo 1, Manci 3, Novara, Di Martire 1, De Mikelis (10 saves).
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