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- We're feeling super confident, there's a lot of quality, these guys didn't hold it back in any of the 37 days the pre-season lasted. I know there are games when things just don't work out and things get complicated, but I don't think this is one of those games - the Montenegrin coach Tanjević said.
Regardless of losing Šehović, Montenegro have quality to do stuff. They played eight friendly matches and only lost to Belgium after overtime in the Skopje tournament. They've beaten the hosts, the Macedonians there, and BiH, too. They outplayed Hungary twice in Serbia before that, a team that can be compared to their opponent today, Slovakia, mostly with their game style. They outplayed the Hungarians up by 15 and 17 (13 and 16 after the first half). To finish it off, Montenegro beat Slovenia in Ljubljana, who had 8/8 in the pre-season before that. Montenegro won by 8, and were up by 10 after the first half.
Slovakia were crushed by Austria in the pre-season, down by 35, and then beat them in the final friendly match. Slovakia were leading 63-35 after the first half, and then lost the second 26-48, and had to save their win. They played their own tournament well against Ukraine (who were weakened), and beat Switzerland and Denmark, but that's not even worth the mention. They beat Switzerland by 10, and Montenegro beat that same team by 24 and 49 on a neutral court. I don't see how Slovakia can match Montenegro tonight with Vučević in top form, Dubljević, Needham as the point guard, and Tanjević having great players for any position.