Stefan Pjesivac received bronze at the European H2o Polo Championships in 2020. Now he desired to qualify with Montenegro for the Summertime Olympics in Tokyo in mid-February.

Montenegro succeeded in Rotterdam, but devoid of the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 participant. Pjesivac was not nominated. And at the minute, the 24-12 months-aged no lengthier performs a role in water fans.

Coach Petar Kovacevic has made the decision that Pjesivac are not able to help the crew at the moment. For that reason, the team traveled to Ostia, in close proximity to Rome, for the 2nd Champions League event without the need of him. Although this usually means that there is no 2nd center accessible other than Mateo Cuk.

“Stefan is plainly obese and he came to us in such very poor actual physical affliction that he has to stay property,” states President Hagen Stamm. That was “the past warning shot” for the Montenegrin.
Devoid of Pjesivac and Rémi Saudadier, who is in poor wellbeing, Spandau faces the venture of catching up in the Champions League. There have been a few losses in the to start with event in December, and now there are four games in four days.

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Wasserfreunde can only hope to get a person of the best four spots in the group soon after the third match in April with at the very least two wins.
The opening match is Monday afternoon versus CN Marsella, then Italy’s CC Ortigia awaits. “These two games have to be gained, it will be fairly complicated,” Stamm explained. Towards the other opponents Jug Dubrovnik and Olympiacos Piraeus, each and every level would be a huge surprise. “But it’s possible we can trouble one particular of the two,” Stamm hopes.

Prior to the initially event, after several crown infections in the crew, appropriate education was not feasible for weeks. Far more than fifty percent a dozen persons from Spandau had participated in the preparing for Olympic qualification with the countrywide workforce. “Now you are a great deal fitter,” claims Stamm. Having said that, Germany was remaining with out a victory in Rotterdam. The concern occurs no matter if the players have already endured the annoying expertise. It wasn’t enough for Spandau’s Dmitri Kholod both: he finished fourth with Russia.