The 1st round of our CL group

Fights have begun in the Champions League in which our team is playing in “A” group. The team has started this season with the game against Wisla Plock which ended with a draw (27:27).

Considering the odds, Veszprém turned out to be the favourite team - even if it played away – so the scoring of the Polish team might have been a surprise. Besides this match, there were several other surprises in the “A” group.

 

  

HC PPD Zagreb – THW Kiel 29:22 (13:11)

 

Even the first day started with a big surprise. The Croatian team has already revealed its strength at home (defeated Kiel with two goals) and Veselin Vujovic helped them improve, but none of the fans expected a 7-goal victory over the German champion.

 

In the first half, the two teams were overtaking in turn. The defence system of both teams was extremely strong. With the help of Zlatko Horvat, they managed to overtake (8:5), but thanks to the 22-year old wing, Dhamke the guest team moved forward.

 

In the second half, it was still a neck and neck race. In the Croatian team, Stepancic; while in the German team, Dhamke assisted their team. In the home team, however, Filip Ivic was getting stronger and Obranovic also started scoring. When the host team seemed to be winning (26:21), Zlatko Horvat and Rene Toft Hansen encountered, which resulted in Horvat being suspended. Despite that, the host team gained victory.

 

Scorers:

PPD Zagreb: Horvat és Stepancic 6-6, Obranovic és Pavlovic 4-4, Vujic 3, Kontrec 2, Mihic, Sandrk, Sprem és Susnja 1-1

THW Kiel: Dahmke 9, Sprenger 3, Canellas, Duvnjak, Ekberg és Vujin 2-2, Toft Hansen és Wiencek 1-1

 

  

SG Flensburg Handewitt – Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 21:16

 

Flensburg hosted the team of Paris which we faced in the CL quarter final in the last two seasons. The match was almost decided since the German team started the game confidently and seemed to be unstoppable (7:2). The Danish wing, Anders Eggert and later Holger Glandorf especially performed great. The German team successfully stood up against Nikola Karabatic, thus Mikkel Hansen succeeded instead.

 

In the second half, the French playmaker finally revived and ended the game with 7 goals. It was too late though. The home team did not let the victory slip through their fingers. Eggert ended up with 13 goals, while Glandorf with 9.

 

Scorers:

Flensburg: Eggert 13, Glandorf 9, Svan 5, Mogensen 4, Schmidt és Zachariassen 3-3, Jakobsson és Toft Hansen 1-1

PSG: Hansen 9, N. Karabatic 7, Kounkoud 4, Gunnarsson 3, Abalo, Narcisse és Onufryienko 2-2, Honrubia, L. Karabatic és Møllgaard Jensen 1-1

 

 

 

Besiktas Jimnastik Kubulu – RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 24:30 (13:13)

 

 

The Slovenian team did not start the game easily because the home team overtook right away (6:3), mostly thanks to the goals of Ramazan Döne and Predrag Dacevic. Celje, however, was able to equalize.

 

The second half started with two immediate home scores but the fast breaks of the guest team changed the result. The Turkish team closed up scoring two goals (22:24) but Celje ended up with a victory.

 

Scorers:

Besiktas: Döne 7, Dacevic 6, Coban, Djukic és Pribak 3-3, Arifoglu és Özbahar 1-1

Celje: Mlakar 7, Razgor 6, Janc 5, Ivic 4, Babarskas 3, Blagotinsek 2, Dobelsek, Fizuletto és Zvizej 1-1

 

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