24 September 2008
In exciting match Budućnost T-Mobile defeated Podravka Vegeta 34:30 (17:20). Montenegrins stayed on top of WRHL table with five victories from five matches played.
Great start of Podravka
Podravka had a great start and took the 2:0 lead. Team of Zdravko Zovko played excellent defence and margin increased on 5:1. Gyula Zsiga was forced to call time-out but Croatian team kept increasing margin. In 6th minute result was 1:7 in favour of Podravka. Then Budućnost reacted and decreased margin on just one goal – 8:9. Podravka again took the significant lead and first half finished with score 17:20.
Superb finish of Budućnost
In second half Budućnost again started to decrease the margin. There were many errors on both sides but in 40th minute team of Gyula Zsiga equalized the score on 22:22. That was turning point of the match. Soon home team took the lead with one goal of advantage (23:22) and Bulatović scored for two goals of advantage (26:24). Budućnost played aggressive defence and with great efficiency in offence and margin simply increased on final result of the match 34:30.
Best players in Budućnost team were Ana Radović with 8 goals and Sonja Barjaktarović with 13 saves.
In Croatian team best scorer was Svitlana Pasičnik with 9 goals.
BUDUĆNOST T-MOBILE vs. PODRAVKA VEGETA 34:30 (17:20)
Podgorica, Sports Center Morača. Attendance:2000.
Referees: Aco Nikolovski and Gyoko Kolevski (FYR Macedonia).
BUDUĆNOST: Barjaktarović (13), Milenković (2), Perović; Miljanić, Mochalina 6, Radičević 4, Ambroš 1, Jovanović 7(2), Radović 8, Vlahović 2, Kindl-Kovacs 1, Đurović, Knežević.
Coach: Gyula Zsiga.
PODRAVKA VEGETA: Jelčić (6), Žderić (1); Kožnjak 1, Palčić 1, Todorovska 1, Lovrak 2, Zebić 3, Gaće 1, Šerić, Pasičnik 9(5), Bulath 1, Tatari 5, Penezić 5.
Coach: Zdravko Zovko.
7 M SHOTS: Budućnost 2(2), Podravka 6(5).
2 MIN SUSPENSIONS: Budućnost 3 (Bulatović, Jovanović, Mochalina), Podravka 4 (Pasičnik, Šerić 2, Gaće).
BEST PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Ana Radović (Budućnost T-Mobile).
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