Damjanović, who is known for his very rough starts, in the 58th minute, with the home team leading 27:24, he savagely attacked Filip Gazdić and threw him to the floor so hard that he probably suffered a serious injury.
Dragan Jelušić immediately ran up to him, but the corpulent Cetinje man punched him, and almost hit the president of Pljevlja, Igor Mašković. He pushed him away, but Mašković quickly calmed him down. As Jelušić was getting up, Pero Pravilović also hit him in the head with his knee.
Referees Milovan Marković and Nemanja Barac gave blue cards to Damjanović and Jelušić, as well as two other Zabjelo players – Pravilović and Danilo Marković, so league director Stefan Šaponjić will have to impose punishments on them. Damjanović will certainly receive the harshest one and the question is whether he will ever play handball again.
Apart from Rudar, who triumphed 28:24, Budvanska rivijera and Lovćen are also in the final tournament. Budvanska rivijera, who are defending the cup, routinely outscored Partizan 1949 (37:23) with 11 goals from Nikola Ivanovic and seven from Lazar Vega, as well as young pivot Luka Todorovic on the other side.
The current Montenegrin champions from Cetinje defeated Berane 1949 away from home more easily than the final score (35:30) would suggest. Milan Popović was the man of the match with 12 goals, while Dražen Peruničić and Luka Došljak scored seven each for the home team.
