Handball journeys

Arsenal won 3-2 and that was special and the results in the EHF Champions Leage were a tad different from what I expected   KRIM - FTC Rail      30 - 32  result  30 - 27 guess Must have been fun Rapid Bucharest - Esjberg    34 - 32   result  32 - 33 guess Very close but wrong anticipation Bietigheim - Vipers  32 - 30 result  26 - 32  guess Vipers sadly faltered Gyori - Zagreb  32 - 16  result  35 -  28 guess Gyori definitely stepped up and the 16-goal is quite an achievement both in terms of difference and defensive display Odense - CSM Bucharest 27 - 31 result  25 - 27 guess  CSM did well Brest Bretagne - Banik  31 - 26 result  33 - 29 guess Brest did even better than expected.

EHF Group Stage Women Champions League Handball On this very sunny week-end, no time to unwind as a flurry of mouthg watering handball matches, just as we prepare for Arsenal - Liverpool with the football mates. Flowers spreading as if were in April !  Let's try to guess the match scenarios. KRIM - FTC Rail       30 - 27 It is a CRIME not to be able to watch it live  Rapid Bucharest - Esjberg  32 - 33 Rapid rise for Rapid but Esjberg probably edging it Bietigheim - Vipers 26 - 32 My second favourite game of the day. Vipers should not be troubled in this beautiful arena despite the greater footprint the German side has in this competition.  Gyori - Zagreb  35 -  28 Gyori needs to step up after their surprising loss at home.  Odense - CSM Bucharest 25 - 27 Indecisive as to where this one would go. I tend to believe CSM is to improve its away form in Europe. Odense is a tough place to go. Brest Bretagne - Banik  33 - 29 Brest building on its current confidence should have a ruthless w

LNH DAY 5  CRETEIL - USAM 20h30 7 Octobre 2022  Parti vers 12h05, c'est l'air tranquille que je passais la securite et les controles aux frontieres. Le coin des ordis, les prises ne marchent pas donc impossible de charger. Regarder Internet met du temps mais pas autant que l'impossibilite connue dans le compartiment. Quand tout le monde etait installe on vint me deloger car je m'etais curieusement mis en voiture 12 au lieu de 11 ! Charge a cause de la nourriture et ayant l'ordi dans les mains je ne savais que faire et les 2 dames ont ete cool et le petit garcon s'endormit assez vite. Ma voisine etait difficile a saisir et m'aida quand la biere fut proche de la catastrophe. Je me souvenais que la Gare du Nord n'etait pas desservie. Et la panique quand le ROPE vint au lieu de REPU. Un bus sur trois pour le remplacement a cause de manque de carburants. On croit rever. Le palais des sports est a equidistance du Vert de Maisons et de Creteil Universite. Je ra

EHF Champions League double night clashing with geopolitics delights and UEFA Europa League matches. Let's take it as it comes. Let's take it on the chin if we cannot have it tightened Time to rethink as the disappointment ebbs away

That's it the group stage draw for the EHF European League is at our fingertips with today's additional qualified teams in green Aguas Santas Milaneza - Belenenses  3 ahead on low scoring  Aguas should go through but not likely to be the most attractive match. A 12-goal win for Aguas Santas. Far too easy perhaps.   Kolstad - Irun  3 ahead on intermediate scoring Love Bidasoa Irun as I met so many players back in 2001 out of the blue of Erasmus days. They face a tough test to go through. Fingers crossed. I am often as excited as their fans. Expected to be tough and with 10 minutes to Bidasoa 24-22 trailing. 28-25 losing 12 seconds from the buzzer. Dramatic stuff.  Having won 30-27 the first le.g. Shoot out and various 7-meters missed and it finished 33-31 so Irun going through. Cool. FEJER Veszprem - Chambery 4 ahead and a win in Nimes were not a good combination to secure a group spot in the end as from a winning 16-15 Chambery lost 31-25 and it was 25-20 with ten minutes to

It has to be a fairly Tuesday for a group stage bonanza. A couple of mouth-watering fixtures. Belenenses -  Aguas Santas Milaneza (reverse fixture) 3 ahead on low scoring Aguas should go through but not likely to be the most attractive match   Irun  - Kolstad   (reverse fixture) 3 ahead on intermediate scoring Love Bidasoa Irun as I met so many players back in 2001 out of the blue of Erasmus days. They face a tough test to go through. Fingers crossed. I am often as excited as their fans. Chambery  - FEJER Veszprem (reverse fixture) 4 ahead and a win in Nimes should be a good combination to secure a group spot. Sporting  - Silkeborg  Nordic (Danish)  (reverse fixture)  A nine goal deficit with a solid Sporting team. Nothing is impossible but it could be a massive upset if silky Silke were to overcome the deficit. Benidorm -  Zurich  (reverse fixture) I do not foresee Zurich coming back from 10 goals down but what do I know? Alpla Hard -  Butel Skopje  (reverse fixture) In a buoyant Nort

  USAM 34 (18) - CHAMBERY  37 (18) Round 4 LNH  Friday 30 September 2022 Fig = Les combinaisons avec plus de grinta defensive et offensive As I got to the match with my Dad we bumped into Julien Rebichon and I said hi and shared my support. Then I acknowledged the team bus brivers from Chambery. After the match we went to the bistro from Nutile. It was very pleasant. I got home and did not have time to review my 500 odd pics. This morning it is a bit of a rush Basnik 15 saves in total Demaille 2 saves in total 2 Pharaon, 1 Tobie and 1 Kamtchop-Baril and 4-0 in 4 minutes Artur Anquetil deftly 4-2 5’ 6-4 8’ 7-5 10’   Peno by Richert What a save 9-7 15’ What a save 12-7 17’30 15-13 23’ Various from Richert and Skube plus one by Goni 16-14 on a successful counter 16-15 25’ 18-18 with a delicious brouzet goal. End of first half. As JJA comes back from injury the light will shine again. Sanad counter x 2 at the start Peno saved brilliantly and I caught it ! Co