Handball journeys

Match report  16 November 2019       14:00 hours GMT EHF Cup First Leg Group Stage last qualifying round Csurgoi - USAM Gard Streaming will start at the last minute. Stream starting soon … Stressful wait. I can see a lot of empty seats in a small sports complex Our away kit is a flashy mixture of yellow and green Referees are from Montenegro Very small field of play. HAZAI vs VENDEG = HOME VS AWAY 1 st half Good defense by USAM but still conceding the first goal Good save by opposing keeper Rok ZAPONSEK wearing shirt no. 32 on 2mins Acquevillo unorthodoxically makes it 1-1 on 3min Sanad missed an easy chance on the wing almost immediately after 2 nd save by the opposite keeper Padolius annihilates one shot but no one is there to get the rebound so the opposite number 3 scores Then Acquevillo runs and his shot on the opposing low corner. His second on five minutes being played Pen...

USAM Gard won in Tremblay and are second in the French league [LNH] before heading for Hungary. That's really good.  I just hope their flight does not stop at Venice because the floods appeared really bad as a state of emergency was raised. All my eyes geared towards the game at 2pm GMT this Saturday 16 November 2019. All smiles please. It is likely to be a gladiator's battle. No drinking allowed during the live reporting from London.  A bit of work on the subject in the morning before I get to Clapham Junction for something I should have checked since my birthday (Guy Fawkes) and I hope to get sorted.

Cette semaine est importante car elle oblige l'USAM vers deux matchs importants pour le reste de la saison.  Une bonne prestation ce mercredi en terre de Tremblay sans trembler pourrait mettre en confiance pour un voyage exotique proche de la Croatie et de la Slov é nie, dans une partie magnifique de la Hongrie.  Malheureusement ce match aller qualificatif pour la phase de poules de l'EHF Cup contre Csurgoi ne semblerait pas faire partie des choix sur EHF TV. On suivra ceci avec beaucoup d'attention.  GO GREEN. Inspirations provenant de Venise, passage connu des gladiateurs verts ?

Under the weather due to a nasty cold, I clicked on the Spanish news and they had the BIDASOA IRUN - TATRAN PRESOV in the background. Having a preference for the weekday Saber y Ganar I swapped the Zaragoza chocolate for the rowdy and noisy ARTALEKU sports complex. BIDASOA playing an interesting defensive game against unpredictable Slovakian giants PRESOV. I have been missing all these exciting games and I remember with a lot of pleasure the great atmosphere in the near the French border small city. Urban with a lot of urbanity smiles when his side is up 12-15 at the break. One of the nicest USAM players, Thomas Tesorière, plays for Bidasoa wearing jersey no.27. We need to pay him a visit. On 16 minutes in the second half his exclusion was so unfair and the worries increased with a deficit of 6 goals. There was a bit of justice when Presov missed their penalty with ten minutes left the score-line being 20-25 Much as I love him Thomas wasted a chanc...

Les aventures avec les amis du handball se feront par des moyens bien loin des histoires depuis 2011. Les batailles pour un travail ont rendu les candidatures medias caduques. La visite hongroise de l'USAM est aussi impossible. Mais les matches de groupe seraient bienvenus. Le monde du handball est un corollaire des passions que seuls les vestiges antiques repris peuvent assurer. Un sourire serait vite bienvenu. Rien n'est acquis sur le pont professionnel mais les matches internationaux de la fin octobre ont eu un parfum unique. Et hors de France et de l'Espagne, au Royaume-Uni il est difficile de les capter.