EHF 2022 Days 7 and 8 Delayed matches for me and absolute crackers with Spain-Russia on edge of our seats
Main Round
14h30
1C-2B
1F-2E
REPLACED BY
RUSSIA
SWEDEN – still to be watched
MONTENEGRO
CROATIA – rumours confirmed of a surprise
Cepic gets
Montenegro in the lead 2-1 2’45
Vujovic nice
leap 3-2 6’40
Simic saves brilliantly
and asks for more noise by the fans
8 minutes and 2nd
2 mi, that is not a very good discipline record.
Another nail
broken.
Simic is on 57%
after 10 mins.
Gojun is unlucky
with the 2-minute
Vujovic very
speedy goal 5-3 12’45
Sevaljevic
scores an even more brutal one 6-4 14’40
Battery getting
a nuisance
Cavor responds
to Cindric 8-5 19’
Won a penalty
and not an attacking foul!
Lucin has poor
stats this half but has his first goal of the game
Pesic gets beaten
by Sevaljevic again 11-8 25’
Beautiful spin
goal by Vujovic 28’. His fifth. 13-9
Simic
celebrates so much that he forgets to come off. Almost.
Beautiful KEMPA
14-9 29’20
Empty goal as
well 15-9 but the 16th is declined because the buzzer had gone.
Eating a lot: lentils
then salad then choco biscuits.
Alilovic gets
in and shows why he is such a talented keeper.
Montenegro
playing what I hate, the 7 against 6 without a suspension. This is cheating in
handball.
But at least
they are not doing it all the time. ALMOST.
Incredible
scoreline although Croatia are not playing very well 18-13 38’
Still over 20
mins to go.
4-0 blow before
the half creates that unassailable gap.
Croatia
responded with the same silly strategy but Cindric makes the most of it 19-14
39’15
Error by the refs and Gojun fell victim of it
by the look of things.
Croatia scoring
only 9 in a first half is very rare.
Too many 2 mins
given.
Lofted goal
21-15 43’
Stupid intent
in interfering with the play throw off. This time deserved 2 minutes.
Mandic pinches
the ball closing in and reduces the arrears on a fast counter. 22-18 45’
44% on 46
minutes. Quite decent with his number 16 shirt. TITI anyone.
Martinovic also
not on his normal scoring stats and Montenegro leading by 5 25-20 48’
Whatever ball
is picked it is not Croatia’s day.
Another bullet
by Branko Vujovic 26-20 49’
Pesic is back
in goal. Bizarre.
Montenegro
player was a football player in faking it.
Passive
Croatian defence Grbovic taking the pieces and 27-20 50’
Then Simic’s save
number 13, probably the best of the bunch.
Russia did not
keep their advantage. Montenegro should.
8-goal deficit,
8 minutes left. Famous rule.
Sublime Lucin
pass for Jelenic 28-21 52’50
Cindric denied
by an in-form Simic. Surely, he will have the match award.
Cupic to Sipic
in a flash but to no avail in the overall context 28-22 54’40
Another
cavernous goal 29-22 55’30
Jelinic has not
been denied by Simic. Simic, game done after 57 minutes.
Famous win for
Montenegro. All smiley. 31’25 58’30
32-26 is the final score
Cannot watch because of the real estate thing and then catch up with our manager so perhaps in between and yet too serious and too much into the recent enquiry before getting changed for the match....with the old jink of lovely JVC shirt.
Then please
switch your mobile phone off in order not to know the result for Spain and that
for France but also you have to sleep because it’s a work day on Friday!
17h
2A-2C
2D-2F
REPLACED BY
GERMANY
SPAIN
French ladies
as refs
0-2 1’40
Wiencek gets
Germany back 2-3 3’
Koster coasting
3-3 4’30
Bitter telling
GG what he thought of the save. Bundesliga stories.
Gonzalo
arm-struck after a bullet of a shot and Antonio Garcia increases Spain’s lead
3-5 7’20
No need for an
elbow on Wiencek.
A large Spanish
contingent in Bratislava.
Aleix at the
second attempt. No bitterness. 4-6 10’30
Garcia is
having a great euro and we should be pleased for him.
Wiede videre as
he draws it level 7-7 13’10
Zerbe was quick
to react and scores in the empty net 8-7 14’
Agile Jorge
wrist used to good effects 8-8 14’35
Not very fair
play from potentially the German fans to boo the Spanish players.
Casado is taken
lightly by the German defence and scores a nice one 9-9 17’17
The game is
flowing by.
Figueras responds
to Wiencek 10-10 20’
Marquez
stubbornness. Not pretty but efficient 12-13 24’30
Dearth of goals
suddenly.
Bitter on the
floor and his long throw almost victorious 12-14 at the break
Gurbi to pinch
the ball
Gonzalo
acrobatic save after a great handball combination 34’
Sole gets the
ball back for him. How lucky this is! 12-16 34’40
Garcia from
long range to empty net 12-18 38’
A 8-1 to Spain.
Drought for Germany halted
Great Bitter
save.
Seventeen
minutes, not seven!
Gonzalo has it
completely in the bag. A lot happened since Doha 2015.
Change in
keeper by Gilason
Great pass by
Drux but still trailing 17-24 48’
Golla brings
Germany spirits a bit up 18-24 49’
Drux shoes lost
in transit and the post to Rebmann rescue
Any spare?
No battle in
the second half really.
Too easy for
Spain
Keepers denied
any goal any side.
Maqueda does
what he wants when he wants! 22-29 56’
Imperious
insulting way he saved it! 22-29 58’
23-29
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
Paul Bray
commenting this time
Hugo getting
the fans excited 1-0 1’
Great save by
Gerard
Kentin scores
France’s number three
And Mr Tournat
gets two easy ones in a row 5-0 4’40
Netherlands off
the mark 5-1 5’
Baijens good
strike 5-2 6’
Lenne quick
pass and Hugo scores on the side 6-2 7’
Schagen was let
go not from Lemgo but from the wing 6-3 8’30
I do not like
this song by the fans. It is a football one!
A big gap in
the defence and too tempting for the Netherlands.
Dika’s leap 9-4
11’10
France may have
found a new ‘frail’ balance with so many mishaps.
Smits bullet
and it is getting tighter 10-7 13’40
Justice as the
7-meter was unfair.
Ravens on the
empty goal and its now 10-9. 16’40. Not right.
Well done
Nicolas and Romain. Two very kind personalities 11-9 18’
Empty net
revenge by Kentin from a long range 12-9 18’35
For a change
France using the additional player to good effects.
The refs are
giving 2 mins like Xmas presents!
I do not like
the vuvuzela that the Dutch fan has.
The refs are
really petty and trying to help the Netherlands
Not a let off
for France esteemed PB. Its well done by VG full stop.
Spin goal by
Jansen in a deserted defence 12-11 22’20
Weary attacking
options. Stay focused. Let’s be positive.
All square
12-12 23’
Ravens getting
the better as well.
PB saying
brilliant. Annoying.
Gift on a basic
error. Ball back to the Netherlands.
Double dribble
missed by the refs. Typical.
Brilliant
Ravens save on Fab squandered attempt 12-12 still 3 mins later
Minne gets a
lifeline for France 13-12 26’50
Not every foul
is two minutes.
Superb save by
VG on the 7-meter. Jinx. No way.
Schwenker by
Dika. Just about and 14-12 28’55
VG great save
Dika says its
fine and the ref is so petty.
PB even says
that it’s a shame as he does not support France of course.
15-12 at the
break.
I then thought
that I should send across the monies to the psychologist and guess what online
banking does not work
I also
downloaded the pics and almost none are great
I did log all
the expenses
Then I tried to
do the online banking on the phone and it failed as well!
And now the
internet is down but only on my PC. Mental!
Cyber UMPA LUMPA
Fabregas did
very well 17-12 32’
Nikola’s first
19-12 34’
Why sadly
conceded?
It was a double
dribble! Error by refs.
France stutters
again 19-15. Same as in the first half.
21-16
Clever goal by
Stavast. Not in Stavanger yet! 21-17 41’
Tournat poorly
lofted ball means ball back to the Netherlands
Benghamen
scores far too easily but Valou responds 23-18 43’
7-6 strategy
but should be made illegal.
Nahi from
incredible Gerard on his right leg 24-18
Empty goal by
NK 25-18 44’10
VG missed by a
whisker on the empty goal. Its okay when you made more than a dozen saves
Nahi scores
26-18
Suddenly 28-19
50’
Romain in
charge 31-20 52’
Pardin is on as
Minne scores his number seven. 32-20 54’
Easy goal in
the passive defence 33-22 56’
A 12-5. Pardin
saves. Wesley is back in style. Not twice in a row. When does Remi play please?
Minne like Fab is
fab 34-23 58’
34-24
19h30
1A-1B
1D-1E
REPLACED BY
POLAND
NORWAY
Not yet watched
DENMARK ICELAND
Magnusson
responds to Gitsel 1-1 1’40
Thunderous shot
by Hansen 2-2 3’30
Variety of
players scoring from Iceland and Denmark catching up 4-5 6’
Denmark already
turned the tide 7-7 9’17
Hansen missed
the 7-meter. Good piece of news for Iceland
The battery is
so shifty…Painful
Tight Nordic
battle 11-11 after 18 odd minutes
Great and smart
defence to avoid Svan swan beauty goal but no Gitsel mistake 12-11 19’39
Immediate
Icelandic reply to which we are all grateful 12-12 19’46
The quickest
twenty minutes ever?
21 minutes is the time for Gudmunsson to take a time out to re-energise his pool of Icelandic talent.
Rest of the match to follow soon
I cannot watch
four matches but I can watch two at the same time even on a replay.
Friday 21
January 2022
14h30
1F-1E
REPLACED BY
RUSSIA SPAIN
16-game winning
streak
Rodrigo comes
in for a rested Gonzalo
Kotov leads the
charge 1-0
Kotov
replicates his goal 2-1 3’40
Spain back on
track thanks to Casado 3-4 8’40
Great Soroka
goal 8-7 15’
Carbon copy and
composure 9-8 16’50
Important
Rodrigo save as it keeps Spain focused 19’30
Kiriev saves
from Aleix fabulously
Rodrigo superb
7-meter save.
Ribera magic
with experienced players buying into it
11-12
Russia picking
up where they left it 17-15 37’
Spain now trailing
by three 19-16 40’
Maqueda gets
his ball from Rodrigo 22-20 47’
Aleix on the
fast break and back within one within seconds
What a miss on
the counter short-handed and Spain equalised instead through Fernandez 23-23 49’45
Spain now in
front 24-25 53’
Gonzalo has
easy saves
25-26 56’
Missed counter
and straight back to Spain. With less than 30 seconds left.
8 seconds to
get a draw. Russia - when they should have won –
7-meter or was
it the end of the match?
Norwegian refs
to check.
Spanish players
celebrated like mad. Too early ?
But still time
left
Dramatic finale
Soroka missed
the penalty 25-26
Joy of Gonzalo.
2 massive points. Worth of a watch.
17h
1D-2F
REPLACED BY
POLAND SWEDEN
0-1 Gotfridsson
starts well and finds his slot in the Polish defence
1-2 5’
Gotfridsson is
back to his Egypt form.
Tough to watch 5-6
12’
6-14 at half
time so 1-8 in 18 minutes!
Disappointing
Poland who qualified by the scruff of the neck
Sweden cruising
unsurprisingly
Shopping and
arrived at the end of the match 18-28
19h30
2D-2E
GERMANY NORWAY
Such a speed.
Even worse than in Hamburg n 2019.Sagosen reduces Norway’s deficit 2-1 4’30
Zerbe underneath
Bergerud after Bitter save 4-2 8’
Cannot believe
it’s already 8 minutes
Zerbe
ultra-sonic and its now 5-3 11’
Offensive foul
by Koster is costly as a 7-meter is given to Norway. 5-4 12’
Norway is said
to have scored 136 goals already before that match.
Bitter is on
fire (55% at the minute, after 17 mins) and makes their average number of goals
dwindle
Reinkind very
kind to the ball and its all square unbelievably. 6-6 17’45
Brazil or
England are not always winning in football, Germany either in handball.
However, they
do live it with true passion and gusto.
Norway is even
leading now. Bizarre! 6-7 19’
Drux missed his
shot but O’Sullivan hangs on and Norway adding more misery to Mr Gilason 6-8 20’
Bizarre no time
out for Germany
Here we go Mr
Gilason heard me! Time out!
Battle of
keepers indeed. But Bergerud is more discreet despite his good stats.
Pacy goal and
suddenly Bergerud’s wrath!
Zieker finds
such a big angle with such dexterity and agility 8-9 24’
But top Toft
finds the bottom corner 8-10 24’10
Three goals in
40 seconds. Sudden burst of goals.
Bjornsen keeps
Germany at bay and so does Barthold in scandalous manner 9-12 27’
Koster direct
route is sublime 10-12
12-14
Fascinating first half indeed.
Bitter saves
and then the ball tipped his foot; it happens to everyone really 12-16 32’40
One nail bites
the dust and the cooking is delayed and missed a good 5 mins having also put
clothes to the wash at the break
I also wanted
to catch up on things after a chat with a best friend. Time is not on our side.
Weber spending leap
reduces the arrears 17-20 41’
It should be
Germany’s ball. Terrible mistake by the officials and the fans are right to
whistle
Play acting by
Norwegian player and unlucky Wiencek
The refs are not
at their normal good level. Favouring Norway blatantly.
Come on
Germany.
Barthold wields
havoc 17-22 45’
Norway cruising
19-25 53’
Lentils at 8%
Wiede huge
surprising goal 21-25 55’
Sagosen wipes
that one to Bitter bitter disappointment 21-26 56’
Young talent
from Norway scores number 27 22-27 58’
Now four goals
in it and two minutes.
Reinkind killing
it and its 23-28 with one minute left on the clock.
What’s the
point with this time out from Norway! All over.
23-28 it ended
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