Bravo, guys! Croatia has broken down Jerkovic USA at the opening of the World Cup
Croatian male water polo team up to 20 She opened the World Cup in Zagreb with a convincing victory over the national team Now from 19-10 (6-4, 2-2, 6-1 5-3).
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The young « Barakuda » opened the meeting great and won the first attack. Although our team led after the first quarter of 6-4, the Americans equalized by halftime. In the second part, Croatia showed dominance and in the third quarter came to a major seven differences with advantages, and the meeting ended with as many as nine goals of the difference.
Zagreb: World Water Polo Championship U20 Zagreb 2025. Croatia – USA. |
Interestingly, during the match, Croatia successfully defended itself with a player nine times with the player, and Ante Jerkovic was the most efficient in the ranks of Croatia with 5/7 Šuteva in total and was named a player of the match.
– The match against America was tense, they have really good players and individuals. It must have been difficult to get into the match and finish it. Tomorrow is important to show what we showed today, to get into the game well and finish even harder – Jerkovic said after the game.
The Sava pool was almost full of spectators, and the match was not missed by former captain of the Croatian water polo team Sandro Sukno (34), current captain Ivan Krapic (36) and former coach Ratko Rudic (77).
– A nice play, we opened the World Cup in the right way. It didn’t look so simple, until we separated. Initially, she was very good and even excellent our player organization more. We defended ourselves very well. At first, we were able to stop Dodd very well, we changed two players on it, later we fell a little at the concentration. But all in all, great – said coach Zoran Bajic after the game.
Zagreb: World Water Polo Championship U20 Zagreb 2025. Croatia – USA. |
– This was really good, that’s how I think. We separated in the third quarter. We opened the tournament well, and I hope it will be even better on Sunday. We are home, though, this is our audience, so we need to show ourselves. But let’s go step by step – said Vlaho Pavlic, who scored four goals.
The next game Croatia will play on Sunday at 7 pm against Montenegro, which lost against Hungary 18-10. The transfer is on the official YouTube channel World Aquatics.
