If they hadn't overslept at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd quarter, the impression of the Montenegrin water polo player's game would have been great.
Even so, there are still plenty of reasons to be satisfied - at the start of the European Championship in Split, the "sharks" defeated Georgia 14:11 and quickly showed that the attack, in which they struggled at the World Championship in Budapest and the Superfinal of the World League in Strasbourg, would , could be their big weapon.
Vladimir Gojković's team scored from Irakli Razmadze's net from the start, and at the end of the 14th minute they took a 9:4 lead.
Then he stopped, which the legion of foreigners in Dejan Stanojević's selection took advantage of to get to 9:8, and the center Fabio Baraldi even hit the crossbar and almost equalized.
That seemed to wake up Montenegro, who scored four goals in 139 seconds, again went for a record plus five and routinely brought the match to an end.
The most effective was Konstantin Averka with four goals, captain Marko Petković, Aleksa Ukropina and centers Miroslav Perković and Vladan Spaić scored two each, and Dušan Matković and Bogdan Đurđić scored one each.
Montenegro will play its next match on Wednesday at 14 p.m. against the outsiders of Group A, Slovakia, and on Friday at 19 p.m. it will fight for 1st place with Italy.
Jelača's fifth goal, this one goes "to the soul" of Lazović. There are 19 seconds left, Gojković takes a time-out.
Marko Jelača's fourth goal put Averka at the top of the scorers' list - 14:10 in the penultimate minute.
Averka does not use two ziters in a row for plus six.
Great pass by Ukropina and the first goal for Dusan Matković.
Bizadze reduces it to 13:9.
Dejan Lazović saved a five-pointer from Dušan Vasić.
Vasilij Radović's great pass, Miroslav Perković forced a five-pointer, which Averka realizes for return to record plus five (13:8). Four goals in 139 seconds and the end of trouble with Georgia, which hit the crossbar at 9.8.
Now Vladan Spaić also uses the attack with more players, Montenegro's third goal in 95 seconds and safe four points (12.8).
The third goal of the naturalized Belarusian Averka, Montenegro escapes to a safe plus three (11:8).
Miroslav Perković broke the bad streak after the expulsion of his compatriot Sarić i hits for 10:8. It is the first goal of the "sharks" after seven minutes and 25 seconds.
The agony in the attack continues, the former goalkeeper of Primorac Šubladza steals the ball directed towards the center Miroslav Perković. Fortunately, Italian Fabio Baraldi hits the crossbar, no tie.
After nine goals in 14 minutes, Montenegro did not hit the net for more than six minutes. And the penalty arrives - Novlja's Jovan Sarić made a five-pointer for 8:9.
This is already dangerous, the Georgians hit again when the suspended player from Montenegro was returning. Nika Shushiashvili reduced it to 9:7 in the 4th minute of the 3rd quarter, the series is 0.3.
Montenegro does not use the attack with a player anymore, Ukropina's shot is blocked, and Đurđić hits the crossbar.
Another Georgia goal with more players, Boris Vapenski scores again for 9:6.
Halftime in Split, Montenegro leads by four points against Georgia (9:5). The only thing that is not ideal in the game of Vladimir Gojković's team is the defense with one less player, because Dejan Stanojević's team used four out of five chances when they had a numerical advantage.
For the fifth time, the player more for Georgia, coach Dejan Stanojević took a time-out, and Boris Vapenski scored after Montenegro completed the match.
Everything is in the sign of a double - the second goal by Aleksa Ukropina, Montenegro leads 9:4 at two minutes and two seconds to the end of the 2nd quarter.
The "Sharks" hit the goal frame three times in two attacks and for the first time did not use a player anymore.
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