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21.07.2018, 10:56 DAY 2 REVIEW: The second matchday of the Men’s 20 EHF EURO in Slovenia sees decisions made as hosts march through to main round and Portugal look dominant on Friday. |
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Dreams realised, dreams broken, dreams still alive
The second matchday of the Men’s 20 EHF EURO in Slovenia sees decisions made as hosts march through to main round.
Germany remained unbeaten after their opening day draw against Sweden, beating Romania 30:25 as player of the match Lukas Stutzke scored nine times from his left back position while Iceland, who could only score just six goals in the first half against Romania in their first match, scored 19 times against the Swedes in the first period to set them up for a 35:33 (19:12) win as their opponents fell short of the goal chase thanks to a best player of the match showing from Iceland goalkeeper Andri Scheving.
All of this means that all four teams have everything to play for in their third matchday tomorrow after the rest day today.
In their 30:27 win against Norway, Serbia saw Nikola Ivanovic receive a direct red card in the last minute but by then RK Metaloplastika’s left back Djordje Pisaric had earned himself the best player of the match award as he scored eight times in total for Zoran Tijanic’s side. Nine goals were not enough for Sindre Heldal and his Norwegian team who will be looking to get off the mark tomorrow against Israel.
The Israelis however, made the hosts sweat in front of their home crowd as Slovenia eventually ran out 28:24 (15:13) winners, but they had to work for it. Adir Cohen’s eight goals and his best player of the match award showed how difficult the game was for the home nation as the Hapoel Ashdod left back picked key moments to score for Israel, but Grega Ocvirk again showed his importance to Slovenia, scoring a game-changing 11 goals to pave the way into the main round.
Group C
Despite being behind by just two goals at the break (11:9), Russia failed in their comeback in the second half against Spain to also lose by eight (28:20) as the Spanish confirmed their place in the next round to send Russia out of contention. Pol Valera Rovira scored five times for Spain, while Andrei Beliaev grabbed seven for the Russians.
Group D
France easily beat Hungary 34:23 (17:10) as Kyllian Villeminot started to warm up nicely with six goals and, along with the rest of his teammates, will be hoping to be red hot come the Danish clash tomorrow. TEXT: EHF/amc |
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