Gojković: Little things made the difference; Popadić: It was as if we relaxed at 4:0

"Some bounced balls went into the hands of Marseille players," said coach Vladimir Gojković
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Jadran Carina water polo players, Photo: Wpolo.me
Jadran Carina water polo players, Photo: Wpolo.me
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The defeat by Marseille in the first match of the Eurocup final (9:8) did not shake the Jadran Carina water polo players.

Regardless of the fact that they were leading 4:0...

"We have a pretty good result before the second leg. In the beginning we were wondering, and then in the second quarter we started to make mistakes, we used attacks with a bigger player badly... Small things made the difference, some rebounds went into the hands of Marseille players." , Jadran coach Vladimir Gojković said.

Vlado Popadić was not satisfied with the team's reaction after leading 4:0.

"Maybe at 4:0 there was a little relaxation, and that shouldn't have happened. We tried to respond to the opponent's pressing, but the reaction was not good. Then we had to play goal for goal, even chasing the result. Maybe it's a good thing that it ended like this, now we know that there must be no relaxation," Popadić said.

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