Water polo Serbia - Serbia Water Polo: Only New Belgrade won
The new composition of the Serbian champions needed this result at the start of the Premier League. With a solid game, without De Mikelis and Skumpakis, Novi Beograd beat the best Dzhrnogorian team Primorac 14:12 (2:2, 6:3, 2:3, 4:4).
Kotorani started well, they led for 12 minutes against the tight host when Novi Beograd equalized at 4:4. Captain Ćuk, young Krstić and Vlahipulos played for 8:5 at halftime. In the third part, the home team had 10:6, but Primorac did not give up. The result of such a game was the goals of Brguljan and Sušiashvili, who reduced the lead to one goal in the last part from the box. Then Martinović and the best individual in the pool, Vlahopoulos, hit.
The scorers for Novi Beograd were: Vlahopulos five, Ćuk three, Krstić and Martinović two each, Lukić and Radović one and for Kotorane Šupiašvili and Mršić three each , Ćetković and Janović two each, Brguljan and Matković one each.
Radnički lost by five in Kragujevac against solid Primorje. Radničgog's dominance without Nikola Jakšić and Pijetlović lasted for three quarters. It was 10:6 before the last break, but the people of Rij moved on. With a series of four goals, 36 seconds before the end, Babić equalized on the counter. Two seconds before the end, Stevanović asked for a time-out, but to no avail. There was 13:14 left (3:3, 5:1, 2:2, 0:4 – 3:4) - According to the new rules, it was the turn of the fives. Čubranić saved a five-pointer from Rašović, Todorovski in the fifth series against Burburan. However, Vićković was not successful and two points went to Rijeka. Goals for Radnički were scored by: Rašović three, Murišić two, Gavrilović, Drašović, Vasić, Vićković and Dadvani. Primorje had the most effective player in Brubnjak with three goals.
In the end, Solaris was too strong for Crvena Zvezdz, which is weaker than last year in terms of playing composition. Šibenik won 11:10 (5:3, 1:1, 4:2, 1:3). However, there were no shortage of excitement. The people of Belgrade were losing 10:6 before the last part and then, through the playful Šulc, they started to chase the result and 75 seconds before the end, the people of Šibenik were only leading with 11:10. However, the result did not change. Basara's last-second shot missed the net. Misović had 16 saves
Goals for Zvezda were scored by: Šulc four, Kasum and Radanović two each, Basara and Baničević one each and Petković and Pelicarić were the most effective with three goals each at Solaris.
Valis Vega suffered an expected, convincing defeat in Split. Jadran was better 18:6 (3:3, 1:0, 9;1, 5:2). The resistance lasted in the first half. In the second half, the people of Split played and in the end won convincingly. For the winners, Fatović scored five goals, Marinić-Kragić four. For Šapčani, the scorers were Stanić and Baucalo, two each, Burburan and Poznanović, one each.
In the rightoj Goleadi in Dubrovnik Jug defeated Šabac Elixir 19:15 (6:4, 4:2, 5:5, 4:4). Not for a single moment did the Serbian team threaten the victory of a better opponent. For Dubrovnik, Mozara scored five goals and Burić scored four, while for Šapčan, Pljevančić scored five, Toholj four, Korać three, Dragivuć two and Stojanović one. Sabac was excellent with a player more 12 - 9. All four goalkeepers had a bad day.
On Friday, Jadran M:Tel beat Mladost 11:9.
