28.11.2013, 09:00 MATCH REVIEW: German side take fifth straight win and a revenge against Zaporozhye, while Ukrainian team is losing ground in the race for the Last 16. |
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Landin saves 20 to push Löwen through gateRhein Neckar Löwen follow Veszprem and Hamburg to the Last 16 of the VELUX EHF Champions League. After winning 32:26 at Motor Zaporozhye on Thursday the German side cannot miss the knock-out stage, having eleven points on their account after seven rounds. After their second home defeat at Charkov, Motor remain on seven points and on the third position of this group. Zaporozhye, Celje and Zagreb will probably battle out the two remaining spots in Group A, while the fate of the last team St. Petersburg seems to be all but sealed.
Group A: At Ukraine Löwen took revenge for the 31:31 draw on home court in their opener and still can hope to catch up with the group leaders of Veszprem. From the first minute on, Löwen played very focused and concentrated – fully aware of the strength of the Ukrainians and eager to win their last international match in 2013. With 20 saves in the match and 51 % efficiency in the first half the goalkeeper Niklas Landin was the key for the stable defence, while Motor could not get through like they did in the final stages of the first round. Being dominant, Löwen extended the gap to five goals at the break – mainly because of their needle-pin counter-attacks. The host surrendered after the break and were close to a disaster, when Uwe Gensheimer scored for the first double digits lead at 28:18 nine minutes before the end. Then the German side decelerated and allowed Motor to reduce the gap. Motor's Vladislav Ostroushko was the top scorer of the match as he scored eight times, while Uwe Gensheimer netted in seven goals for visitors.
Löwen's coach Gudmundur Gudmundsson: “It was a good match for Landin and his 20 saves are really a high level. Our defence was working well too. Also I am satisfied with our attack as we succeeded both against 5-1 and 6-0 defence of Motor. TEXT: Björn Pazen, Igor Grachov / br |
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