Montenegrin juniors made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup - Russia was defeated by a score of 14:11, so Veljko Uskoković's team will play against Italy in the battle for the finals (tomorrow at 21:XNUMX).
The Russians took the lead with 2:0, then they had 8:7 in the third quarter, but our team turned the game 5:0 to 12:8 and solved the question of the winner.
Nikolas Saveljić led Montenegro with four goals, Branko Franeta and Aleksa Ukropina each scored three, and Đuro Radović scored two.
Savo Ćetković and Dušan Banićević were also among the scorers.
Montenegro and Italy have already met in this tournament, and at the start - it was a draw, and in that match our team conceded a goal in 15:15 eight seconds before the end.
The Italians were better than Serbia in the quarter-finals tonight (14:12), and the other semi-final pair is Hungary and Croatia.
The Hungarians also defeated the Greeks after five rounds (18:17), while Croatia eliminated Canada (14:13).
Montenegro - Russia 14:11 (3:3, 4:3, 3:2, 4:3)
Podgorica - SC "Morača" swimming pool. Spectators: 750. Referees: Valdou (New Zealand), Garibaldi (Argentina). Player more: Montenegro 11 (8), Russia 9 (1).
Montenegro: Tešanović (12 saves), Franeta 3, Ćetković 1, Saveljić 4, Matković, Dragović, Ukorpina 3, Mijušković, Radović 2, Banićević 1, Krivokapić.
Russia: Andreyev, Melentyev 1, Kucherenko, Zinurov, Semenov, Pronin 3, Salimov 2, Sheikin 3, Krug, Shaikhutdinov 2, Trusov (six saves).
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