The Jadran water polo players beat the Primorje team 8:6 (2:2, 1:2, 2:1 and 3:1) tonight in Kotor, in the match of the third round of the Montenegrin championship.
The official champion recorded his third triumph and maintained his maximum performance.
Primorac, which suffered its first defeat, led 4:2 in the middle of the second quarter.
Jadran made a turnaround with three consecutive goals and took the lead 5:4, but the home team equalized for the last time in the middle of the third quarter (5:5).
The drop in the home team's game and the weaker realization of the players, with ten minutes without a goal, allowed Jadran to lead 8:5 with three consecutive goals and solve the question of the goal.
"I have the impression that the game was not easy. You can see that both teams are in the preparation phase. We managed to take advantage of some opportunities that we created and I think that made the difference. In the second half, we improved our swimming and from that we came to victory. Our style of play is such that we try to force pressing. We may have conceded a couple of naive goals, but it can be seen that there is a lot of room for both teams to improve. These are young guys, every game is important for their development. I hope that the next games will be interesting as this one was tonight," said Jadran's coach, Petar Radanović.
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The most effective in the winning team was Danilo Radović with four, Marko Petković scored two, and Jovan Vujović and Matej Čeraj each scored a goal.
Dušan Matković and Marko Gopčević scored twice in the Primorje team, while Petar Vujošević and Vuk Drašković each scored a goal.
"Every match is a school, and we could learn from this one in order to improve. It was a real men's match, Jadran was calmer, made a difference and deservedly celebrated. We had problems in attack with a player more, this is the second match that has happened to us in a row, but it also has to do with physical fitness, because we are not at the optimal level. There is still a lot to play for, we will work on correcting mistakes," said Primorje coach Ranko Perović.
In the second match of that group, Budva defeated Kataro 8:7 and achieved its first victory this season.
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