The young water polo team of Montenegro lost for the first time at the World Championship in Prague and it cost them a place in the finals.
Miodrag Mirović's team was defeated by Italy after the five-a-side match 14:12 (regular time 10:10), so tomorrow at 16.30:XNUMX they will play Hungary for bronze.
Serbia beat Hungary 10:7 in the second semi-final.
The "Sharks" were constantly in the red in tonight's duel, in the middle of the third quarter Italy led 9:5.
It seemed then that the "Azuri" were reaching for a certain triumph, but Montenegro woke up in time.
Italy led 10:8 at the beginning of the last part, and Danilo Radović and Vuk Drašković brought the match to the top five with goals.
At 10:10, our team had three attacks for a total turnaround...
Italy's young goalkeeper Roberto Spinelli made the difference in the penalties.
He defended the shots of Andrija Korać in the third and Uroš Vučurović in the fourth series. Before them, Drašković and Marko Mršić were safe...
Drašković scored three goals in the regular 32 minutes, Danilo Radović and Miroslav Perković scored twice, and Korać, Mrsić, Jovan Vujović, Petar Vujošević and Đorđije Stanojević scored once.
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