Montenegrin club water polo celebrates its first victory in the Champions League this season - all thanks to Jadran M:tel, which was strong in Hungary, while Primorac reached the second point, but could not avoid its third defeat.
In the first two rounds, Novlja lost to Marseille in France, then to Barceloneta at "their pool" in Trebinje, and in the 3rd round there was no dilemma - they sank Vašaš 14:6 in a game in which they had control from the first to the 32nd minute. .
"We can be satisfied. We knew that Vašaš played very well against Marseille," said Jadran's coach Vladimir Gojkovic.
Only six goals conceded show how defensively powerful Jadran was.
"We played excellent defense in the first two quarters, we defended all potential threats and turned it into an advantage that we controlled until the end. I congratulate the players and we turn to new obligations that are coming very soon", said Gojković.
The Russian scored five goals in the first victory dmitrij holod, and Jadran has three points - as many as Marseille and Vasas, while Barcelona is on nine after three triumphs.
"This is a very important victory for us. We remain in the fight for the second phase of the Champions League. We didn't have much time before this match, but in the last two days we managed to prepare for this match in the best way. The key to the game was defense - we stopped their strongest points, the shooters, and on the other hand, we took advantage of our chances", said Holod.
Three defeats, but also two points won - that's the score of Primorje in the first three rounds of the elite competition. Kotor first lost to Olimpiakos in Piraeus on five points, then Savona was much better in the ancient city on five points, and in the same way the Montenegrin champion fell against Sabadell - again five points were fatal, now at the "Zoran-Džimi Gopčević" pool. .
"I think we held our own well the whole game. We showed a good game, in a few moments there was a drop in concentration, we could have separated ourselves, but in the end it was decided by the five players", pointed out the coach of Primorje Vjekoslav Pasković, whose team is last in the table of group D with three points less than Sabadell and Olympiakos, four less than Savona.
On the weekend against Jug in the regional Premier League (after five games), Primorac broke a streak of four failures.
"I would apostrophize that these are difficult games - the players practically play every three days and it is not easy to stay in that rhythm. I congratulate my team on the character they showed, and Sabadelj on the victory," added Pasković.
The big rivals from Bokelje will be in the pool again this weekend, more precisely on Sunday - Primorac will host Mladost on Sunday in Budva, while Jadran will go to Dubrovnik on the same day to play Jugu.
The Champions League continues on November 12 - Jadran hosts Marseille, and Primorac awaits Olympiakos.
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