PPD Zagreb - MVM Veszprém 19:23

 

PPD Zagreb: Stevanovic (8%), Ivic (40%) – Sabljic 1, Vujic 1, Kontrec 2, Sprem 2, Markovic 3 (2), Rakovic, Horvat 3, Valcic, Obranovic, Markoski 1, Vukic, Kovacevic, Pavlovic 4

 

MVM Veszprém: Alilovic (32%) - Schuch, Palmarsson 3, Nilsson 1, Nagy 2, Ugalde 5, Marguc 4 (1), Chema, Terzic, Sulic 5, Lékai, Sliskovic 3

 

Penalties: 3/2 and 1/1

Suspensions: 14 min. and 10 min.

 

 

Xavi Sabate, Veszprem' coach: We respect Zagreb and I think it was visible on the court today. We've entered the match well, defense was working fantastic along with Mirko Alilović and we've managed to enlarge the gap soon. Zagreb have in the second part proved to be a great team with whole lot of fighting spirit and they did not surrender until the very end. They have almost in the end managed to bring the match towards a narrow finish.

 

Mirko Alilovic, Veszprem' goalkeeper: We've taken this match seriously, prepared for it well and enlarged the gap in first 30. Zagreb did not give up despite of big difference which has in the end almost allowed them to turn the match over. However, in the end, 3 important points for us.

 

Veselin Vujovic, PPD Zagreb' coach: We've started the match well but we have soon started making too many mistakes. In the second half we've agreed to show that we are a serious team which is playing a big role in Champions League and which will probably get through to the next round but without rotation it was too hard to keep on catching Veszprem. Well-deserved win for them.

 

Filip Ivic, PPD Zagreb' goalkeeper: We should have played better in the first half especially when we look back at second 30 minutes in which we've proved we can play a competitive match against them. I'd like to congratulate Veszprem on a deserved win. We still have to play at home against Borac in a match which surely won't be easy considering our tough injury situation and after that we'll finally get some rest.

 

 

 

Photos: György Ary