How hard, how sweet: The reserve team tonight (Thursday) completed its promotion to the semi-finals of the European Under-20 Championship, after a dramatic victory over the Lithuanian team – 25:26, from a victory goal by Or Levy a second before the buzzer. The reserve, which also beat Luxembourg and the United Kingdom in the home stage, and was defeated last night against Greece, which finished first at home, finished in second place – and will meet Switzerland (17:30) in the semifinals on Saturday (17:30), which finished first at home.
The face is definitely to sit, and a not-so-simple encounter against the Swiss who signed the first stage with a perfect and impressive balance of 4 wins (and goal ratio +56) against the teams of Romania, Ukraine, Kosovo, and today Northern Macedonia – with an overwhelming 14:31 victory (and impressive data – averages Of 34 valley goals and 20.25 absorption per game).
In the second semi-final, the teams of Greece and Romania will meet. The final will be held on Sunday, and the winner will qualify for the Under-21 World Championship qualifiers, with the participation of the Czech Republic (winner of the previous tournament held in Bulgaria), and the teams of Montenegro, Norway, Croatia, Poland and Italy who finished last at the European Championships.
Conquered for the reserve: Or Levy 7, Nadav Cohen 6, Roy Solomon 5, Roi Liebgut and Tom Leibov 3 each, Sean Solomon and Assaf Ohayon 1 each.
The head coach, Miracles segmentConcluded: “Not our good game, but we showed a lot of character and I am glad we won. The goal was to reach the semi-finals. We have to show much better in the semi-finals, because Switzerland is a great team. It looks the best in the tournament so far. We will do the preparation “Tactically, and we will have to be at our peak on Saturday, because today’s ability will certainly not be enough.”