Two Montenegrin teams, two Italian teams and one each from Spain, Hungary, Serbia and Croatia - the top eight in the Eurocup - begin their battles for the semifinals tonight.
Both of our representatives will play their first matches away - Jadran m:tela water polo players will attack Mladost in Zagreb in a regional derby, while Primorac awaits a challenge in Catalonia against Sabadell.
Both games start at 19.30.
For victory on the Sava
Mladost, the giant of Croatian water polo, was projected to do important things in the Champions League this season with many reinforcements, but it did not even reach the elite, while Jadran showed with two victories in the Regional League that it knows how to deal with the "frogs".
- We are facing an exceptional team, with great individual quality. We have already played this season, we are familiar with them - we are going to give our best and win - he said Vuk Milojević, one of the assets in the team Vladimir Gojković.
The team from Novi Sad enters the clash at the pool on the Sava River in great form, as they are on a 14-game winning streak when counting European and regional matches.
Primorac - Sabadelj, new act
While Jadran and Mladost met in the regional competition, Primorac and Sabadelj will clash once again in Europe this season.
They played their previous two matches in the group stage of the Champions League, and those matches showed that the team from Kotor had something to hope for before the quarter-finals - the Catalans celebrated after a penalty shootout at the "Zoran Džimi Gopčević" pool, while the team Vjekoslav Pasković struck back in Spain.
- In my opinion, the chances are somewhere around - 50:50. The previous two matches were even, this is a great team, which, along with Barcelona, is the best in Spain. We are in a part of the season where we have a lot of important matches, so there was not enough time to prepare for this duel", he pointed out Drasko Brguljan.
The captain of Primorac says that he only wants one thing before these matches.
- And that is to give our maximum. To fully dedicate ourselves to that two-legged match and I hope that first of all we can achieve a good result in Spain, and then that we will manage to win in the second leg. Honestly, my big wish is to get into the semi-finals - emphasized Brguljan.
He also recalled previous duels Dusan Matkovic.
- Considering that we were somewhat successful in previous matches against them, I think the team that makes fewer mistakes will be in a more favorable position. The confidence is there, we believe we can reach the semi-finals - said Matković.
Eurocup, quarter-finals
Brescia - Radnički KG (19pm)
Mladost - Jadran m:tel (19.30:XNUMX p.m.)
Sabadelj - Primorac (19.30:XNUMX p.m.)
Vašaš - Pro Reko (20pm)
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