28.08.2008, 10:50
Great start of Podravka Vegeta

Zovko and his team start the season in promising form at preparation tournaments.

Great start of Podravka Vegeta

The Croatian women’s top team are preparing for the CL Qualification Tournament in Estella, Spain. Preparations are going on according to schedule.

Coach Zdravko Zovko can be satisfied with his team’s performance because Podravka Vegeta won three preparation tournaments so far.

At the first international tournament in Debrecen Podravka came in second place:

PODRAVKA VEGETA - ''U'' JOLIDON CLUJ NAPOCA 38:26 (22:13)
DVSC AQUATICUM - PODRAVKA VEGETA 25:23 (16:10)
HÓDEMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY - PODRAVKA VEGETA 27:43 (12:20)

Terzsol Cup: Podravka finished 1st:

DUNAFERR - PODRAVKA VEGETA 34:47 (17:23)
''U'' JOLIDON CLUJ-NAPOCA - PODRAVKA VEGETA 28:46 (13:16)
FEHEREP ALCOA - PODRAVKA VEGETA 40:42 (17:20)

Before travelling to Ljubljana, the team of Koprivnica won a tournament in Virovitica too.

At the Vinko Kandija tournament - played in Ljubljana - Podravka also showed great performance against strong teams and won:

KOMETAL - PODRAVKA VEGETA 29:38 (16:21)
PODRAVKA VEGETA - LOKOMOTIVA 39:25 (22:11)
KRIM MERCATOR - PODRAVKA VEGETA 28:43 (15:17)

Excellent Kristina Franic

After injury problems in the past seasons, Franic is back in an excellent form.

She was the best player of DVSC tournament, top scorer at the Terzsol Cup and best player at the Vinko Kandija tournament.

The next test for Zovko and his team will be the Josip Samarzija-Bepo tournament in Koprivnica. The participants will be Buducnost T-Mobile, Krim, Fehérep Alcoa FKC and the hosts, Podravka Vegeta.

TEXT: Ivan Ambros