Defending champion Telekom Veszprém defeated Szeged 36-27 in the men’s handball NB I Friday night rally.
From the locals Andreas Nilsson, Mahe of the city and Mikita Vajlupov, from the guests Emil Kheri Imsard, Zoltán Sita and Bence Bánhidi it was missing.
By replacing their goalkeeper, the Szeged team tried to attack with superior numbers at the beginning of the match, and although they were 3-0 behind after three minutes, they soon equalized (4-4). On both sides, the outfield players made quite a few mistakes in attack, and the goalkeepers defended brilliantly. The defending champion withdrew again (9-5), because he perfectly neutralized his opponent’s seven-on-six actions. At the start of the first half, Veszprém had a three-man advantage for more than twenty seconds,
In the second half, the difference between the teams was even bigger, the hosts, who are preparing for the first match of the Champions League quarter-finals on April 26, were already in the lead by ten goals in the 43rd minute and, based on their effective defense, dominated the game for the rest of the time. The guests had a 3-0 series, but in the end it proved to be not enough to escape a heavier than expected defeat.
The situation of the Szeged team was well characterized by the one who left at the end of the season Dean Bombac his movement, who, at the last attack opportunity, 15 seconds before the end, indicated that he declared the meeting over and did not start the action.
Only among the field players from Veszprém Jehia el-Dera did not score Omar Jahja five times, Bjarki Már Elisson, Nedim Remili and Dragan Pechmalbec hit four times Rodrigo Corrales hat, Mike Ulrich Jensen contributed to the success with eight saves. On the other side Imanol Garciandía, Mario Sostaric and Luka Stepancic with four goals each, Great Martin and Roland Mikler finished with four saves each.
In the 195th match between the two teams, in addition to 54 successes in Szeged and seven draws, the 134th victory in Veszprém was achieved.
With its success, Veszprém continues to lead the table with a hundred percent balance, and it is certain that
2024-04-19 20:04:03