The water polo team of Montenegro was defeated by Croatia 13:9 (3:2, 4:4, 4:1, 2:2) in a friendly match played in Herceg Novi.
Three days ago, Montenegro won 12:8 against France, with whom they will play the last control game tomorrow at 19.45:16 p.m. before the trip to Japan, where the "sharks" expect to play in the World Cup from July 29 to XNUMX.
Croatia showed more in tonight's duel, especially in the third and fourth quarters. The visitors took a 7:4 lead in the middle of the second period, but the "sharks" reduced the score to 7:6 by halftime, and had an attack to equalize.
In the continuation, however, the Croatian team dominated, quickly regained the three-goal lead (9:6), and two minutes before the end of the third quarter gained a plus four (11:7).
Until the end, Croatia increased the difference, in the middle of the last part they led 13:7...
In that period, our team did not use five attacks with a player more and made a lot of technical mistakes in the attack, while the opponent was very safe and lethal in that element.
In the end, Montenegro managed to mitigate the defeat.
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