Herceg Novi easily defeated Radnički in Kragujevac
In the last match of the ninth round of the Premier Regional League, also the derby of this round, water polo team Jadran from Herceg Novi defeated Radnički away with a secure 12-9 victory, having a lead of up to six goals multiple times during the match. Serbian center, Đorđe Lazić, played a great game and scored three goals. Novljani now have only one point less than Mladost and Radnički, who share the third place on the table, while ahead are the Split's Jadran and Novi Beograd.
From the start of the match, Novljani were the better team, taking a three-goal lead after three minutes of play (3-0). Radnički got back into the game towards the end of the first quarter (4-3), but then they failed to score a goal throughout the entire second period, which Jadran took advantage of, going into half-time with a four-goal lead - 7-3.
Following that, the Montenegrin team continued in the same rhythm and at two points extended their lead to "plus six" (9-3, 10-4), and all that the team from Kragujevac managed to do until the end was to reduce the gap and soften the defeat.
The most effective player in the winning team was Serbian representative Đorđe Lazić with three goals, followed by Strahinja Gojković, Danilo Radović, and Vasilije Radović with two goals each, as did Dušan Vasić in the losing team.
Radnički - Jadran HN 9:12 (3:4, 0:3, 2:4, 4:1)
RADNIČKI: Filipović, Rašović 1, Stanojević 1, F. Janković 1, M. Janković 1, Pijetlović, Drašović, N. Jakšić 1, Vasić 2, Gavrilović 1, P. Jakšić, Murišić 1, Todorovski, Dadvani. Coach: Uroš Stevanović.
JADRAN HN: Đurović, Holod 1, Vučurović, Gojković 2, Vujović 1, D. Radović 2, Lazić 3, Vujičić, Ivović 1, Sladović, Milojević, V. Radović 2, I. Radović, Stupar. Coach: Vladimir Gojković.
