January 9 wil be remembered as one of the darkest day in the history of Croatian handball. Željko Babić boys suffered one of the most humiliating defeats against Slovenia 32:17 (14:12) in front of 3.500 fans in Koper, just a day after minimal win over the same rival 31:30 in front of home fans in Ivanic Grad.
The only mitigating factor in the whole story is absence of the biggest Croatian star Domagoj Duvnjak who got a day off in Koper, but only five goals in second half nobody expected.
Slovenia : Croatia 32:17 (14:12)
Slovenia: Škof (8 saves), Skok (6 saves), Lesjak, Zarabec 2, Marguč 7, Kavtičnik, Dolenec 2, Cingesar 2, Skube 2, Poteko, Cehte, Miklavčič 2, M. Žvižej 4, L. Žvižej 1, Blagotinšek 1, Gaber, Zorman, Razgor, Bombač 1, Gajić 6, Mačkovšek 2.
Croatia: Alilović (4 saves), Ivić (5 saves), Stevanović, Marić 2, Kopljar 2, Gojun, Horvat 3 (3), Karačić 2, Kozina, Š. Ivić, Štrlek 4, Čupić, Kovačević, Mamić, Šebetić 1, Slišković 2, Cindrić, Brozović 1.
