Vardar Szkopje - Telekom Veszprém 29:22

 

 

Vardar Skopje: Milic (11 saves) - Stoilov 3, Nedanovski, Milic, Fereirra, Maqueda 1, Dereven, Karacic 8 (5), Dujshebaev 2, Canellas 2, Cindric 4, Cupic, Dibirov 5 (1), Shiskariev 1, Borozan 1, Marsenic 2.

 

 

Telekom Veszprém: Alilovic (8 védés), Mikler - Gulyás 2, Iváncsik, Schuch, Ilic 8 (4), Nilsson 3,

Nagy 1, Kopljar 1, Ugalde 1, Marguc 3, Chema 1, Terzic, Blagotinsek, Lékai 1, Sliskovic 1

 

 

Penalties: 6/7 and 4/4

Suspensions: 4 min. and 6 min.

 

Raul Gonzalez: Whenever we play against Telekom Veszprem, we have good motivation, because for me they are the best team in the world, and we respect them a lot. We played well because we were motivated. After the last match against Metalurg this was a good opportunity to show that we can play better. Our goalkeeper Milic saved a lot of balls, and we had a good fastbreaks.

 

Strahinja Milic: This is very important victory, primarily mentally. Next game for us is versus PPD Zagreb in three days. Perhaps in first two games this season versus Meshkov and Metalurg we played poorly in terms of how we train. We can play much better.

 

Xavi Sabate: Vardar played very well. They were one step away from EHF F4 last season and now they are among biggest favorites again. They played well in defense, aggressively. We played very slowly, or perhaps because Vardar played well in defense. In the second half we played better defense, but in the first half Igor Karacic and Luka Cindric were unstoppable. Goalkeeper Milic was also fantastic. He saved many balls when it was most needed for Vardar. We wanted, but we could not overtake the lead. We have to work much better, and show how hard we are working. I have trust in my players. They have to learn from this game.

 

Cristian Ugalde: Maybe we had a bit misleading picture from how Vardar played against Metalurg and Meshkov in first two matches but Vardar tonight played differently. Our defense was not good. Vardar is a good team, and can reach far this season.