Croatia – Macedonia
On Saturday Croatia’s head coach Igor Lavrinov decided to rest some of his best players – Sanja Popovic and Senna Usic Jogunica – so that they will be fresh and full of energy for the deciding clash with Montenegro. The second match of the day was much more contested; Montenegro had a margin of three-four points for most of the time in the first set but Bosnia and Herzegovina fought back to seize it at 25-23. The game followed a similar plot in the second set but this time the local heroines were not surprised and could go for the 1:1. Montenegro played well to move to the front and with excellent team work could finish it off for a 3:1 win that guarantees – at least – a ticket to the second round coming up in October.
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