EHF 2022 - Day 5 Bosnia so close and France first half did the job

 

Monday 17 January 2022

17h

Ukraine - Croatia

Montenegro - Slovenia

Bosnia - Spain

Slovakia - Russia

 

Price scores a priceless leading goal 1’40

Bosnia leads and Sergei plays.

Buric gets the equalising goal 2-2 4’20

Peric from Pelister and Bosnia brings a bit of a pace 4-3 7’30

Adapting efforts to opposition

Kauldi gets an easy one 5-6 12’20

Decent leap and Priceless equaliser 6-6 13’

Buric makes a decent save and then sends a really poor pass and Spain punishes. 8-8 17’

Buric redeeming himself with a save from a Kauldi counter attack

Karacic got an easy shot making the most of a gap 9-8 18’25

Perhaps Spain is playing too casually

Joan picked up the pieces and set Jorge for the 9-9 goal seconds later

Two goals in a minute for Karacic.

Bosnia leads by two now !

Well done Aitor getting one back 11-10 23’30

Buric line play was sublime 12-10 24’30

Casado re-deemed himself after a fine goal 12-11 25’15

Buric makes a tremendous save but his defender brought a silly 7-meter 12-12 27’

Karacic changed posts and still Bosnia in front 13-12 27’50

Magnificent Hercej 14-12 at the break

Karacic stubbornly on the side gets number 15 15-12 32’

Sole perforates on the side and finds the opposite bottom corner seconds later 15-13

Marquez scores a very swift top corner one but Peric responded well 17-14 35’

Figueras reduces the arrears with a lovely old-fashioned goal 15-15 35’40

Peric looks so small compared to Gedeon

Sole makes the most of passive play against Bosnia and there is only one behind.

Herceg gets into the right interval and 18-16 38’

Figueras scores as the passive Bosnian defence suffered a setback 18-17 38’40

Buric read Antonio intent and Bosnia still in front

Lovely pass in the middle of the defence 19-16 41’

Herceg scores another sensational 20-17 42’

Sanchez puts everything back to one 20-19 44’

Garcia gets the equalising goal 20-20- 45’

What a big miss by Bosnia and instead a 7-meter for Spain. Garcia missed the 7-meter. Gonzalo coming in.

Bosnia short handed and fast break for Draganic well converted But Adrian levels things up 21-21 47’

Buric got Sole to miss the unmissable and its still 21-21 48’

Casado get two easy ones in a row as the defence just switched off 22-23 49’

Another missed counter-attack by Spain to Jordi disbelief.

Bosnia switching defence but Gurbi gets a 2-goal advantage for Spain 22-24 52’

Spain defence is more rigorous and Gurbi gets the ball back.

Marquez converts the 7-meter 22-25 53’40

Faulty substitution for Bosnia. Never!

Hamidovic gets one back 23-25 54’20

Why Spain gets the ball?

Hamidovic gets an unnecessary 2-min.

Gurbi missed the Kempa. Good call by the refs

Gedeon picked up the ball from another failed attack and threw brilliantly into the empty net from far away 23-26 56’45

Only Sanchez got marching orders for Spain. Twice actually.

24-26 57’40

Gonzalo stemmed the tide initially

Marquez brilliantly scored 24-27 58’24

And Gonzalo heard me and he just made another save

Sanchez scores the number 28 but Bosnia are unlucky losers 24-28

 

19h30

France - Serbia

Macedonia - Denmark

Czech Republic - Sweden

Lithuania - Norway

 

Dika top right corner, cleaning the net and France lead 1-10

Lenne sweep at the ball in the same fashion the Szeged wingers do it 2-0 2’20

So far it is not the Serbia that almost prevented France from not going to the euros. To be fair Covid made things much easier as Belgium withdrew) Until Borzas woke up everyone 2-1 3’40

Cupara saved brilliantly from a Ludo attempt after a great pass by Kentin.

Cupara sends Radivojevic and Vincent missed the ball 3-2 6’20

This time Cupara saved from Dika

7-meter for Serbia and Radivojevic squares it 3-3 7’30

Great save from Gerard after a lovely Serbian combination and Kentin lifts the roof with a superb shot.

Double save by Vincent of utmost quality and Kentin finds some space in the defence and

underneath Cupara 5-3 9’

Then on the counter Hugo scored but Dragan reduced the arrears on the side 6-4 10’15

Better defending by Serbia whilst short handed but Kentin already has 4 goals to his name after just over ten minutes in. He is on fire at the Szeged arena as a Vezsprem player.

Cupara could not keep that one out and Kounkoud scores 8-4 12’

Nikola gets two minutes. A bit harsh. Qatar anyone?

Superb steal by Benoit as France is short-handed.

Dika shots are being read by Cupara. He needs to find other ways to score or release the ball on the wing or to the line players the Barcelona way.

We saw Fabrice in his Tous Hand Bleu attire!

Dika heard me as he changed his shooting impact!

France now leading by 5 9-4 15’30

Konan gets a 2-min suspension. A bit harsh.

Beautiful lofted Marsenic goal 9-5 16’30

Cupara saves from Kentin brilliantly. Well read.

Here we go Dika going on the wing. What did I suggest?

Amazing Vincent save as the goal was wide open

It should be a 7-meter for France and then seconds later the ref gave one at the next opportunity but I felt it was not a fair one and Cupara won over Hugo who missed his shot.

Vincent denied Dragan but Nicolas Tournat does score 11-5 20’

Hugo Descat was overly ambitious and missed the empty goal.

No grievous harm done as Serbia did not score but Kentin does and let Cupara know cheekily. 12-5 22’

Vincent missed his throw towards the empty net and the Polish tricolore boys were on the TV

Beautiful KEMPA completed by Lenne after a great wing release and overlap 13-5 23’

Amazing save by Vincent again. He is doing his Paris 2017 sessions all over AGAIN.

Change in keeper Serbia way and Cupara is not happy of course. I sympathise because he started well.

Well done Kentin after a recovered ball and a magical pass! 14-5 25’50

10- goal margin and no smile from Fabrice but Evelyne claps.

11 mins at least without a Serbia goal. Even off the post!

Nicolas Tournat gets a 2-minute for hardly anything

Finally, Serbia scores via Kukic 16-6 28’

France ooze of sublime class.

But Ivasinevic gets his own goal into the empty net 16-7 29’

Rushed Gerard counter attack to no avail. So 16-7 at the break.

Dika responded to Kukic at the restart 17-8 31’

Ivasinevic beat Kounkound but Vincent helping France superbly. TITIESQUE

Dika too casual and on the post seconds after he had scored number 18

Missed line play connection and a 7-meter instead given away

Long 25 minutes?

France getting tired and a 2-0 to Serbia suddenly 18-10 35’45

Crowd mainly Serbian, not sure about that!

Serbia scoring a beautiful wing goal 19-11 37’

PSG connection with VG to BK and 21-11 a minute later

But too casual NK gives the ball back to Serbia and slips.

Marsenic scores into the empty net

How shall we read the ironical kiss from the fan in the crowd?

We say Fabrice with his scarf when Dylan scored!

Kukic is on a deserted island of French defence and scores 22-13 42’

Serbia outscoring France 22-14 43’

France is on 1 out of 3 from the 7-meter.

Its now a 7-goal match as VG gets beaten on the near post 22-15 44’

And France cannot prevail with a one-man advantage.

Kentin prevented access to a Serbian KEMPA

Wesley is coming in

Minne scores in the meantime

Radivojevic scores the 7-meter 23-16 47’

Wesley save and Valou scores on the counter, which means Serbia only winning by a goal in the second half

But Dragan scores a beautiful AE’s Nantes trademark goal

Valou does respond and its 25-17 48’45

Minne special leap and its all square in the second half 26-17 49’25

Very severe suspension to Romain?

Great save by Wesley

Nahi makes the wrong decision and Cupara saves

Superb leap by Serbia winger to keep the ball theirs after huge Wesley save with his left foot.

Minne tearing the defence apart and 3^rd goal within minutes 27-18 52’

Tournat brings France ahead in the second half. Not for long because Kukic scores again

Melvin converts but Marsenic scores easily 29-20 54’

Romain big miss and now Melvin gets two minutes and there is a 7-meter

Serbia again one ahead in the second half 29-21 55’

Empty net goal for Serbia 29-22 thus leading by 2-0 in the second half

Radivojevic now reduces the arrears to 29-23 57’

France are having the last 8 minutes off and that is a pity after a classy first half

29-24. Ouch.

Important Wesley save. Beautiful.

29-25 with 25 seconds left. 5-goal win by Serbia in the second half. With Cupara two saves near the end.