Handball journeys

Spain vs Tunisia whilst Croatia Qatar is on the other line! 19 January 2021 Nail biting Japan Angola 30-29 earlier but missed most of it due to business meetings and tasks. Training video not shown on INSTA or missed it for a whisker. Perhaps better off. Marchan scores all the Spain goals so far Ma names are successful it’s Jorge’s turn now Toumi deftly makes it 4-5 after six minutes or so The connection is really bad on the mobile…. Fernandez also enjoys his couple of goals already and it’s 6-6 after 9 mins Aleix jump on the penalty shows why there are physical training levels required Darmoul likes having the edge over the defenders and scores another good goal Just as I was saying Harbaoui never makes a save. He does an amazing one when Jorge was on the counter All square at 8 with 15 mins played Fernandez with ease adds one to his tally Very good decision by Danish ref awarding a yellow card for faking a foul by the player from Tunisia Becoming the Fe...

  France vs Switzerland 18 January 2021 Marseillaise started a bit late and it does not bode well. Luka turns and scores from close range 1-0 Schmid surprises Wesley on a low shot 2-1 (4’) Rubin vs Mahe/Richardson, nice back/forward note Clever spin by Remili 3-2 with just over 5 mins gone Same combination with line play by Luka 4-3 (6’30) The Argentinian refs are giving suspensions away for no particular reason when French players at fault Or to the wrong player ! France missed two consecutive chances Bizarre attacking foul against Switzerland Stupendous effort by Schmid and its now 4-5 On 10 mins on the clock Descat ensures 5-5 A lot of mistakes by France Football is not handball – Denmark vs Switzerland Portner saves from Descat and still 5-7 in Switzerland’s favour Swiss KEMPE missed Embarrassing 3-goal lead by Switzerland Pardin is not having a good match so far because he has no defensive protection Good Lagarde and Fabregas combination...

  17 January 2021 Germany not even required to play. A first in WC history. Then a Qatar Japan to get off your seat edge but my live commentary is very minimal As for Tunisia - Brazil. Exhilarating last 90 seconds but equally for the remainder of the match. I could not write anything ! Then a superb Spain - Poland, muy apretado !  I want to thank Raul Entrerrios for his captain's exemplary attitude. And the majestic and fair-play Polish keeper Morawski deserves all the accolades   Qatar – Japan Find the stats on IHF website !!!!! They say Offence for Attacking play !!!!!! Oscar and Angel the refs !!! Very quick and inventive Japan  15-16 at half time Japan more inventive and speedier. Back to old German style handball I knew Mr Rivera would put ABIDI on Something lost at the break by conceding a 5-0 in 5 mins As expected time-out to Japan Marzo steals the show Well recovered by Doi to keep 23-20 Madadi enjoys his 7m at this championship Qata...

  Austria – France Preliminary Round 16 January 2021 The Marseillaise anthem rings awkward. To such extent that I stumbled. Unable to sing. I have the telephone on top of the PC both logged on IHF youtube Is there a new rule to let the time run when it’s a penalty? Time we lost near the end. Paul only picks the games he wants really. I do not like the empty goal thing Tournat shows what he can do. No defence from the French side ! Guigou misses the penalty. Annoying. Screening move. Interesting one by Austria. And now Bauer saves from Guigou ! I like when Romain scores. He speaks his mind. He is equally a nice professional.   Di Panda is not really fitting well. Acquevillo would be a better idea. Short-handed team periods are a double-edged sword. Paul shows off with his stats library. Although he tends to tell the same things all over again – name of club and number of goals etc Austrian players are doing the football antics, asking for inex...

 

Good morning handball fans. I am so sorry for being absent for a while. The defeat away to Bucharest by USAM did not help either. London - Lisboa - Trondheim would have been a nice roadtrip under normal circumstances. Today is a painful experience within the in-sanity of life intricacies and disrupted schedules Grief in hearing of so many recent losses due to cancer or COVID Sadness in being far from those I know or I do not know who suffer from COVID and other illnesses/diseases Frustration in seeing Frederiskhavn and Norway pulling out from the tournament organization Acknowledgement in declinature for my online and on-site media applications  Feeling of a bizarre ruling where Arsenal players can travel to Molde but a normal handball fan cannot travel to Norway for handball. It's difficult to have prepared months ahead for the event and on its opening day there you have it unable to enjoy it later today and for the next fortnight or so. I feel a bit like a player who would have b...

  PRESOV - USAM DAY ONE Group stage EHF European Handball League Men Live reporting of match from London Source is EHF TV   Match report 20 October 2020            17:45 and 19:45 hours GMT 4 matches with nothing to expect then 4 other matches including USAM … The Portuguese wave continues as Sporting wins 27 to 25 away to Dinamo Bucharest in the early session Yann et seulement 12 joueurs contre l’équipe de coach GOLUZA JE SUIS PRET SAUF QUE JE NE SUIS PAS LA !!! 1 st half A tad porous defence and on 45s conceding the first goal Mika recovered well a failed shot and equalised Wing play with Presov save but Rabek scores a nice one 2-1 (2.50) Will the 4am departure tell? Vid saves from embarrassment with the 2-2 goal Lovely lob by Vid to get the equalising goal (5.45, 3-3) Remi should have saved this shot. I am worried. He does not look ok to me. But what do I know? Again, a sway of bad passes...