A victory over Germany in 32 minutes, another over Greece after five wins and five losses - this is the performance of the young Montenegrin water polo players at the World Championship in Zagreb.
It seems too little, but in water polo it's enough for sixth place on the planet.
The young sharks' disappointing performance on the Sava River ended with another defeat, and again a convincing one - this time against Serbia (20:14) in the game for 5th place.
Our guys held on until the end of the second quarter when it was 9:8 for their rivals, and then the flood followed. Serbia dominated until the end and deservedly won.
Danilo Stupar was the most enthusiastic player in the team led by Aleksandar Aleksić with six goals - three scored by Srđan Janović, one each by Draško Samardžić, Radivoj Radanović, Ivan Marković, Tim Perov and Meldin Hadžić.
In goal, Andrija Bjelica had nine saves, and Danilo Rajević had one.
The young water polo players finished the group stage of the World Championship with defeats to Hungary (18:10), Croatia (15:14) and the United States (16:10). In the first match of the knockout stage for a place in the quarterfinals, they defeated Germany (11:10), while in the fight for the semifinals they had no chance against Spain (23:9).
Yesterday, they defeated Greece in the playoff for 5th to 8th place after a penalty shootout, and today they put an end to the championship with another defeat.
Too little for a team that played in the final of the European Championship last year and won bronze at the World Championship. Regardless of the fact that two important assets were missing - Strahinja Gojković and Balša Vučković, who were added to the senior national team.
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