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Serbia opens its participation in the European Championship on Saturday at 20:30 against the Netherlands. An ideal rival for the derby that follows on January 12th against the world and European champion, Spain. <\/p>\n\n

At a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming competition, head coach Uro\u0161 Stevanovi\u0107, captain Nikola Jak\u0161i\u0107 and Du\u0161an Mandi\u0107 spoke about Serbia’s first opponent.<\/p>\n\n

– The Netherlands are not a naive team, they have prepared well. They beat Croatia in the preparatory tournament, they were in the lead for three quarters against Hungary. They will certainly be physically ready and it will be an ideal test for us as we continue the competition. There is no underestimation. There is a long way to go before we achieve our first goal of reaching the semi-finals and then the final. Our principle is to go from match to match, so now we are only thinking about the Netherlands –<\/strong> said Uro\u0161 Stevanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n

Of Branko MItrovi\u0107’s 15 players, 13 play abroad. Gbadamasi is in Marseille in France, Rouwenhorst, De May and Hofmeyer in Florence in Italy, the Hessels brothers are in OSC in Hungary, Mart Van der Weyden in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bRile in Voulagmeni in Greece, Van den Burg in Hannover in Germany, De Werd in the Spanish club Tenerife Echede, Ten Brek in the Spanish club Terrassa, Snell in Primorje in Croatia and Spijker in Spandau in Germany, while Butenhuis is from UZSC and Jorit Van der Weyden is from Donk in the Dutch league. <\/p>\n\n

– That fact alone shows that they are not a naive rival. It is certain that they will be physically strong, that they will force us to make great efforts in order to achieve victory. Of course, everything is in our hands, we could not have wished for a better opponent to start the championship. I want to enjoy the competition. You have all seen the Arena, it is incredible. The new format will bring many exciting and important matches. My first goal is to achieve team success. There are no promises, I can only say that we will do our best – <\/strong>Du\u0161an Mandi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n

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Serbia and the Netherlands have not met often. The first meeting was at the 2006 European Championship in Belgrade 17:10. More triumphs followed in 2011 15:6 in a warm-up match in Utrecht, 2018 at the European Cup 15:7, and celebrations in 2019 and 2020 in the World League 11:7 and 11:4. Last year at the tournament in \u0160abac it was 20:14 for Serbia. <\/p>\n\n

The most interesting duel was played at the European Championship in Split 2022. Serbia, disappointed by the defeat of the French in the round of 16, played and struggled with the Netherlands in the play-off for the ninth to 12th place. Serbia led 5:2 at half-time, before the last quarter it was 6:6. There were no goals in the final eight minutes, but Dejan Savi\u0107’s team won 12:11 in the penalty shootout. <\/p>\n\n

From that team, the Serbian squad today includes Dra\u0161ovi\u0107, Randjelovi\u0107, Vico, S. Ra\u0161ovi\u0107, Martinovi\u0107, V. Ra\u0161ovi\u0107, while Mandi\u0107 missed that match.<\/p>\n\n

– I liked the Netherlands more at the start of the tournament than Israel. A real opponent to start with, they play modern water polo, everyone can express themselves in various roles in the team. I should not doubt that they are a physically prepared team, we know what awaits us after that duel. We do not underestimate and I hope that the fans will be the wind at our backs and that they will push us to success throughout the competition<\/strong> – said captain Nikola Jak\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n\n

January 10th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

“A” group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

France – Hungary (15.15), Malta – Montenegro (18)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

“C” group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Israel – Spain (12.45), Netherlands – Serbia (20.30)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Serbia at the European Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Players: Radoslav Filipovic (Radnicki, 45 games), Dusan Mandic (Ferencvaros, 272 games and 501 goals), Strahinja Ra\u0161ovic (Radnicki, 183 – 331), Sava Randjelovic (Radnicki, 264 – 124), Milo\u0161 \u0106uk (Novi Beograd, 223 – 230), Nemanja Vico (Primorac, 113 – 84), \u0110or\u0111e Lazi\u0107 (Jadran HN, 102 – 99), Nikola Jak\u0161i\u0107 (Radnicki, 204 – 235), Radomir Dra\u0161ovi\u0107 (Marseille, 135 – 243), Nikola Dedovi\u0107 (Radnicki 61 – 56), Petar Jak\u0161i\u0107 (Radnicki 46 – 16), Nikola Luki\u0107 (Novi Beograd 38 – 31), Viktor Ra\u0161ovic (Radnicki 173 – 111), Vasilije Martinovi\u0107 (Novi Beograd 56 – 75), Milan Glu\u0161ac (Novi Beograd 9).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Expert team: Uro\u0161 Stevanovi\u0107 (federal selector), Stefan \u0106iri\u0107, Milo\u0161 \u0106iri\u0107, Darko Bili\u0107, Nemanja Li\u010danin, Milo\u0161 Ostoji\u0107 (coaches), Dajana Zoreti\u0107 (fitness preparation), Vladimir Radovi\u0107, Aleksa Nikoli\u0107 (physiotherapists), Dr. Ivan Marjanovi\u0107 (physician), Andrija Geri\u0107 (sports psychologist)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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