Handball journeys

All about team spirit and astute tactics ! This is Day VIII of Spain 2021 She Loves Handball First day of Presidents Cup and Main Round outings. Czech Republic Korea 13-20 half time Croatia - Argentina 12-14 half time Slovakia vs Tunisia 25-18 with 15 mins left Bizikova is on her own on the wing 27-20 Trunkova line play is thunderous truncating each and every inch of space 28-21 49’ Hamrouni rallies to the counter 29-22 52’ Pocsikova lofted ball is very clever 30-23 55’ Rezgui fights for the rebound and gets it on the top corner 30-24 56’ 7-meter for Croatia and its saved Ben Abdalah gets number 26 There is a 7-meter but the clock is not stopped Slovakia wins 31-27 in Lliria Czech team aims at reducing the arrears and its 17-22 on 39 mins But Korea’s shooting causes a bit of angst and its 19-24 on 43 mins In ten minutes in the second half 3-1 for Croatia in a tight encounter Argentinean 7-meter is saved Time out for Korea as scoreline is now 21-24 Croa...

 USAM win in Hungary and Mo on fire ! Tatabanya – USAM Refs from Belarus Nyauteu powerful shot puts USAM into the lead 0-1 Luc Tobie gets two minutes as Gyori reduces the arrears to 1-2 Empty goal goal by Remi 1-4 4’ Ancsin deft shot and its 3-4 6’ Big miss by USAM and its still 4-5 on 8 minutes What a save by remi as it should have been passive play 5 square 10’20 Poyet line play and USAM back in front What a big miss by Mo. A let off for Tata. Too hasty a pass and the ball comes back to haunt USAM Nyauteu on the front foot and a 2-goal lead 14 minutes gone 5-7 Debatable 2 minute against Tom. Balogh makes the most of it and scores the resulting 7-meter throw Even more debatable the Stovjnic one Empty goal strategy and USAM concedes an easy one Quick thinking and Mo scores into the empty net 7-9 16’30 Second 2 minute within 16 minutes Cheeky Balogh 8-9 17’13 Joblon on the counter 8-11 and then Mo for number 12 Hence a timeout Ancsin fights ...

Let's get stuck in with an enticing match schedule today. 17:45 Tatabanya vs USAM 18:00 Angola vs Slovenia 18:00 Puerto Rico vs Uzbekistan 18:00 Kazakhstan vs Iran 18:00 Cameroon vs Poland Late throw off times for 4 massive edges off your seat belters 20:30 France vs Montenegro 20:30 Netherlands vs Sweden 20:30 Norway vs Romania 20:30 RHF vs Serbia Angola – Slovenia Ana Gros scores the 7-meter throw. 0-2 Good start 2’20 Already 8’15 its now 3-4 5-5 within 12 minutes Gros with a lightning strike makes it 5-6 Turnover frenzy Decent angle and Fonseca converts to square it at 7 18’20 Low effort straight down the middle easily read by Slovenian keeper 20 mins gone and Slovenia opens a 2-goal gap 7-9 Stanko delivers an easy pass for line player 8-11 three minutes later And another one pulled back 10-11 24’30 Dombaxe is bounce back ability. All square 11-11 25’20. Omoregie isolated but the winger becoming line player made herself available and score...

Missed France Slovenia Enjoying Czech Republic v Slovakia Lancz has a lasting future to her Never a bad name! Great save on a counter by the Czech Republic Sadly Slovakia lost 24-23 Incredible drama Hugely entertaining. A draw would have been fair. Spain v Austria Whilst Germany v Hungary Split loyalty tonight on top of Everton – Arsenal and Amber/LEP Cesareo speedily scores the first Spanish goal Alexandrina on a reverse shot 3-1 5’25 Carmen swept aside the Austrian defender 4-1 6’50 Wonderful wrist by Carmen 5-1 7’30 Marton scores 3-1 to Germany on 7 mins On a good Planeta Planeta converts the 7-meter throw reducing the deficit to 1 3-2 Bolk scores a controversial goal. It was inside! It should not have been given. Austrian coach is scaring the Austrian bench! Six zero defence from Hungary but Germany converts a lucky goal leading by 3 with 11’40 gone Filter filtered it well and saves the penalty More than 12 minutes and only one goal scored ...

 Slovakia – Germany Bajicova beats the passive play trap 2-5 8’ Lancz low shot reduces the arrears 3-5 a minute later Distracted and its now 6-10 13’40 Bajicova gets a stupid two-minute suspension Szarkova powerfully strikes 8-10 16’15 Harsh and petty refs Too many errors by Slovakia 7 turnovers in 18 minutes Very sporting gesture by Slovakia dropping the ball for Germany Slovakia slowly coming back with a lucky penalty escape 10-12 22’ Unfortunate missed KEMPA on the post becomes a 10 -14 lead by Germany Empty goal beckons again. Wrong strategy. Almost twice as many shots taken by Germany than Slovakia Lovely wing play goal by Slovakia 11-15 27’10 12-17 at the interval in LLIRIA Smits hammers it home 13-20 32’40 Slovakia outpacing the German defence but Schulze increased Germany’s advantage Its now 15-24 39’30 Frustrating figures on the Slovakian bench Kalf keeps Slovakia at bay 17-26 44’ Grijseels puts the fixture under full control with a ...

  France – Angola After 4'30 Angola leads 0-1 thanks to their goalie And 1-2 after six mins owing to a 7-meter throw A couple of turnovers by both teams Toublanc wing play makes it 3-2 on 10 mins Powerful line play by Angola drawing level and France again a player short We saw again Dominique and Philippe on 11 mins Laura slips and the ball gets under knees 5-5 13’ Edwige is in pain 6-6 half way through the first half Half empty Granollers France rushing their shots whilst on a numerical advantage A 6-0 rotation in defence Superb Glauser save 18’ Her Angolan counterpart does brilliantly as well and Angola leads 7-8 on 20 mins Over 600 on the live chat Valentine scores from a brilliant long pass 10-8 23’ France too greedy looking for the spectacular a minute later Time chosen for a time-out by Angola Zaadi lofted ball as France intercepts 12-8 25’40 Valentine finds the right angle to make a 5-goal lead seconds later Pascual stops the drought...

  TEODOR PAUL, the hero from this emotion-packed match wih USAM ended up winning 24-22 What a roller-coaster. Bring on the away match on the 7th.