#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals second leg CSKA vs CSM Bucuresti 24:19 (12:11) 51:51 on aggregate – CSKA win on away goals By Chris O’Reilly Before the match For all their apparent dominance in the first leg last week, CSM Bucuresti came away with a solid but not unassailable 32:27 lead heading into Sunday’s clash. As goalkeeper Jelena Grubisic said, CSM had to …
#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals second leg Rostov Don – Vipers Kristiansand 23:23 (11:12) Total: 50:57 By J. Schuetz Before the Match The injury list remained unchanged for both teams. Rostov had a mountain to climb and were facing a 7-goal deficit after the first leg match, a day earlier. The Result A 6:1 run in the first ten minutes was …
#DELOEHFCL QUARTER-FINALS FIRST LEG Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 34:27 (19:12) By Chris O’Reilly After wild ride in Russia, Vipers Kristiansand emerged seven-goal winners over Rostov-Don in the first leg quarter-final double-header, putting them in pole position in the race to Budapest. Before they do it all again on Sunday, here are the ratings for all players involved in the match …
#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals first leg Vipers Kristiansand – Rostov Don 34:27 (19:12) By J. Schuetz Before the Match Given the ongoing Covid pandemic and quarantine restrictions Vipers agreed to play back-to-back quarterfinal matches in Rostov. Although Rostov’s left wing, Kristina Kozhokar, was listed on the team sheet she did not play and neither did Polina Kuznetsova and Anna Vyakhireva. …
#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals first leg Brest Bretagne vs Metz HB 34:24 (16:11) By J. Schuetz Before the Match Metz were still without Croatian goalkeeper, Ivana Kapitanovic, while Brest continue to miss Polish international Monika Kobylinska because of her knee injury. The Result Brest left the pitch with a win and a decisive 10-goal difference – 34:24. From the beginning …
#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals first leg ZRK Buducnost vs Gyoer Audi ETO 19:30 (11:16) By J. Schuetz Before the Match ZRK Buducnost were facing the first leg of the 2020/21 EHF Champions League quarterfinal without two key players (leftwing Majda Mehmedovic and playmaker Andrea Lekic), whereas all key personnel was on board for the Hungarian record champion. The Result 19:30 …
#DELOEHFCL Quarter-finals first leg CSM Bucuresti vs CSKA 32:27 (20:12) By Chris O’Reilly Before the match Both teams flirted with elimination in the previous round, CSM surviving a second-leg comeback by Valcea and CSKA turning things around against Krim, but now found themselves 120 minutes away from the DELO EHF FINAL4. That was not enough to keep Jan Leslie in …
Olympic Qualification Tournament – Podgorica Montenegro vs Romania 25:28 (15:15) By Chris O’Reilly Montenegro are off to Tokyo this summer, despite losing to Romania on Sunday. In a match where the home side looked certain to win, they suffered a ludicrous collapse in the final five minutes before escaping with a three-goal loss, while Romania were left to rue wasted …
Olympic Qualification Tournament – Podgorica Montenegro vs Romania 25:28 (15:15) By J. Schuetz Before the Match Romania needed a five-goal win and score more than 30 goals against the host after their loss on Saturday versus Norway. In this case the 2020 EURO champions would not make it to the Olympics scheduled for later this summer. The Controversy In …
Olympic Qualification Tournament – Györ Serbia vs Hungary 23:31 (12:16) By Chris O’Reilly Before the match Only one of three days were played in the qualification tournament but this match had a cup final feel to it, with a place at Tokyo 2020 on the line. Hungary came into the game on the back of a comfortable 46:19 win over …
