MVM Veszprém - Tatran Presov 39:31

 

MVM Veszprém: Alilovic - Palmarsson 6, Szeitl 1, Nilsson 4, Schmid 1, Ugalde 4, Marguc 8 (5), Varjú 1, Terzic 3, Sulic 1, Lékai 5, Füzi, Sliskovic 5

 

 

Tatran Presov: Vernanski, Chupryna - Rábek 3, Kopco 1, Hrstka 4 (1), Krok 2, Sadovyi 2, Sarpataky 1, Racenko, Urban 5, Furlan 3, Pekar, Cip 3 (1), Antl 7, Petro.

 

 

Penalties: 5/6 and 2/3

Suspensions: 4 min. and 6 min.

 

 

Xavi Sabate: Congratulations to Presov, they play nice handball, even if they lost their important player, Kristopans. We respect their team, it is hard to play against them. We were good in attack, Lékai was excellent in one against one situations. We have some injured players, and some of them are with the national team, but there is no excuse, and our youngsters played well and they got a nice experience. I would like to thank these months to our players, and thanks to Talant Dushebaev and the Hungarian Handball Federation to let our players out of the training camp to play this game. I wish Merry Christmas to our players, journalists, fans, our opponents, and I hope our next year will be more successful than this.

 

Máté Lékai: Presov is a good team, but we repared well. Their defense is solid, it is hard to play against them, but we could solve this. I hope we will come back in January in a good mood and I hope our National team will qualify themselves to the Olympic Qualification Tournament. I wish a Merry Christmas to everybody!

 

Rastislav Trtik: Congratulations to Veszprém for their victory. We had realistic aims, we know they are a great club with great fans. Their defense formation was unorthodox, they surprised us. They proved their strength, they played a nice game today. I wish them all the best, and happy Christmas.

 

Vasja Furlan: There was no doubt who was the better team. They are the favorite of SEHA League, and one of the favorites of the EHF Champions League. It was tough to score against such a defense, with Alilovic on the goal-line. It was a positive thing we kept on fighting, I am pleased with that. Congratulations to Veszprém!