28.11.2015, 03:10 GROUP B REVIEW: The Polish champions, KS Vive Tauron Kielce, celebrated a precious home win over HC Vardar after their ironclad defence reigned supreme. |
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Kielce prevail as Vardar comeback falls short
KS Vive Tauron Kielce kept their hopes of finishing top, after an impressive home win over Vardar allowed them to leapfrog the Macedonian giants into third position of Group B in the VELUX EHF Champions League.
Only the winners of groups A and B will get a bye into the last eight and Kielce boosted their hopes of achieving the feat after stifling their opponents in the opening half.
The Macedonian side stayed afloat thanks to excellent goalkeeping by Serbia’s Strahinja Milic, who racked up 11 saves after he was preferred to first-choice Arpad Sterbik. Kielce's coach, Talant Dujszebajew, said: "In the first half, our defence looked sensational – Slawek play great – and defended incredibly. "He gave us a chance to quietly play to end the game and win 23:20. I hope that in Tuesday's meeting, we will also be as focused."
Marsenic scored all his five goals in the second half as Vardar slashed the deficit to three goals in the closing stages. Lijewski said: "The key to victory in today's meeting was very good and strong defence in the first half.
"It seems to me that we deservedly won and secured these two points. We have shown that we want to fight for the top place in the group." TEXT: Zoran Milosavljevic / gs |
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