All chances for a place in the round of 29 were missed a long time ago, but in the duel with the currently best team in Europe, it was seen that Budućnost Bemax has a future - Bojana Popović's team lost to Djer 21:XNUMX, but they "got" a middle back for the following seasons in to the character of Nikolina Marković.
The 19-year-old from Podgorica still has a lot of work and sacrifice to become the leader of the biggest Montenegrin club, although it was clear that she has the skills to do so.
She was not afraid of confrontation with the biggest stars of world handball, she was constantly looking for holes in the defense for assists, penetration or shots and announced that what she showed in the jersey of Montenegro at the championships for junior teams, under the patronage of Ivan Terzić, Maja Savić and Igor Marković, can also transfer among the "big ones".
Her peer, Jelena Vukčević, also took advantage of the chance, and the two of them will be the biggest assets of the junior national team at the World Championship.
The huge difference in quality was immediately visible, as Budućnost needed four minutes and 40 seconds to score the first goal through Kalidijat Nijakata for 1:3.
After Veronika Kristiansen's goal for 3:8, Popović requested a time-out at the start of the 12th minute, and the advice seems to have been correct - the "blues" came to 9:10 on the wings of Marković, because she registered the fourth assist then, and Ivona Pavićević with the third goal, she and Tanja Ivanovic "escaped" at the top of the team's top scorers list.
Đer, however, took advantage of Kalidijat Nijakata's break and a bad start to the match against Mari Tomova (lost ball and two missed shots) to escape to 13:9, and the same difference was at the big break (17:13).
With the goals of Marković in the attack with a player more and Pavićević, who stole the ball and scored from the counter, Bojana Popović's team got closer to 15:17. Unfortunately, that was all - Ulrik Kirkeli's team raised the level of play in defense, the net did not shake for almost 12 minutes, while Vukčević was not the first of the three home team players to use the seven-pointer at the end of the 45th minute.
But, that was only for 16:22, it was too late to "nail" anything, Đer reached his 11th victory in as many matches in the Champions League, and the "blues" remained on three points...
FUTURE BEMAX - ĐER 21:29 (13:17)
Podgorica - "Bemax Arena". Spectators: 250. Judges: Unlu-Hatipoglu and Simsek (Turkey). Sevens: Future Bemax 3 (1). Exclusions: Future Bemax 6, Đer 4 minutes.
Future: ATINGRE (six saves), Gigerih (three saves), MARSENIĆ 1, MARKOVIĆ 4, J. Vukčević 3 (1), GODEČ 4, Popović, NIJAKATE 2, IVANOVIĆ 2, Agović, Radević, Tomova 1, Kadović, PAVIĆEVIĆ 4 , N. Vukčević.
Djer: SOLBERG (four saves and seven goals), Toft (one save), Haugsted 1, BLOM 1, SELEŠI-ŠACL 3, Bratstet-Dale 3, GROS 5, De Paula 4, Ryu 3, Oftedal, KRISTIJANSEN 2, Đeri-Lukač 2, HOVDEN 1, NZE-MINKO 3, Broh, Farkaš 1.
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