Balkan games - Montenegro 2008 start tomorrow in Igalo

»Reds« play against Turkey at the beggining  

18.04.2008. Everything is ready for the start of junior Balkan games - Montenegro 2008.
Competition will start tomorrow at 5:30pm, with the match between Bulgaria and Greece. Later that day Serbia will play Romania and, after the opening ceremony - Herceg Novi mayor Dejan Mandic will open the tournament - our team will play their first match against Turkey. This match will start at 8:30pm and every member of our team expects a victory. Confidence is high, last few days the trainings were very hard with Serbian junior team.

                All the teams arrive today and it is expected that 130 water polo players will be in Igalo during this competition. This tournament will, no doubt be great organizational challenge for Herceg Novi and Montenegro.

                - It's extremely important for us to play good in this first match against Turkey and to win. It would mean a great deal for our confidence and I hope that we will be up to our assignment - said Zoran Maslovar, Montenegrin head coach - Of course, our goal is not just to win against Turkey, we want to win every match and to show how good a team we are againt are strongest opponents on the tournament - Serbia and Greece.

                Zoran Maslovar invited following players for the tournament: 

                Slaven Kandić, Nikola Ribać, Vojo Peković, Jovan Sarić, Vukota Marković, Nikola Murišić, Radovan Latinović, Branko Marković, Miljan Nikčević, Božo Fanfani, Stefan Vidović, Miljan Popović, Igor Porobić, Nikola Marković, Damjan Konatar i Lučić Branko.