EHF CUP TOP 8: Ohrid on the Brink, Celje Cruise, Nilufer Hold Strong
The first legs of the EHF Cup quarter-finals already offered clear projections ahead of the return matches in seven days.
North Macedonian side Ohrid pulled off a major break in Athens, defeating Olympiacos 31:26 (15:10), and will now head into next Saturday’s second leg in front of their home crowd with a strong advantage. Boris Rojević’s team is on the verge of the biggest success in club history by reaching the semi-finals. Ohrid goalkeeper Kristijan Pilipović starred with 16 saves. Even 14 goals of Savvas Savvas, home team left back, couldn’t save them…
Celje Pivovarna Laško of Slovenia are the closest to the semi-finals after a dominant +9 win over Romania’s Buzau, 41:32, in front of 3,300 spectators at the famous Zlatorog hall.
Turkey’s Nilufer also did a great job by holding favored Tatabanya to a 31:31 away draw, while Karvina managed to cut a huge deficit after trailing 20:12 at halftime and kept their chances alive with a 36:31 defeat against Izviđač in Ljubuški.
MOL TATABANYA KC – NILÜFER BSK 31:31
MOL TATABANYA KC: Székely, Andó, Terjék 2, Mosindi 3, Damatrin 3, Éles 5, Papp 1, Sztraka 2, Rodríguez Alvarez 3, Taleski, Grigoras 2, Havran, Vajda 1, Krakovszki 5, Zhitnikov 1, Toniazzo Lemos 3.
NILÜFER BSK: Djurdjevic 1, Ersin 7, Ilanç 1, Mutlu, Özbahar 3, Yadegari Dehkordi 9, Sogukpinar, Sesic 6, Dos Santos da Rosa, Emre, Kenaryol, Öztürk, Pehlivan, Özcan, Bilim 4, Bereket.
RK CELJE PIVOVARNA LAŠKO – ACS HC BUZAU 2012 41:32
RK CELJE PIVOVARNA LAŠKO: Cešek, Peric 5, Mazej 2, Bognár 1, Mlakar Matevž, Anžič 7, Planteu, Marguč 8, Vujičić, Onufriienko, Miličević 4, Makuc 4, Korošec 3, Mlakar Žiga 2, Rakita 5, Gaberšek.
ACS HC BUZAU 2012: Broasca 2, Csog 4, Craciunescu, Klis 1, Tcaciuc, Sukic 1, Virbauskas 4, Tarita 7, Bejinariu 1, Gogola 3, Rata 7, Komogorov 1, Komok, Grbovic 1, Anton.
HC IZVIĐAČ – HCB KARVINA 36:31
HC IZVIĐAČ: Lukenda 5, Odak 7, Sahinović 4, Dedić 1, Šimić, Bubalo, Mišetić 1, Alihodžić, Stijović, Cesko 10, Semić 3, Grbavac, Bebek, Lasić 1, Knežević, Melić 4.
HCB KARVINA: Mokroš 1, Blyzniuk 7, Kostalek, Patzel 3, Žarsky, Fulnek 4, Uzek, Harabiš 4, Skalický 1, Široký 5, Krištek 2, Hajko 1, Nantl 1, Bajer 2.
OLYMPIACOS SFP – GRK OHRID 26:31
OLYMPIACOS SFP: Valério, Escalona, Kuhn 1, Vida 1, Tzimpoulas, Papazoglou 1, Papantonopoulos, Canete 4, Kandylas, Tsanaxidis, Ivić, Surgiel, Manthos, Passias 4, Michailidis 1, Savvas 14.
GRK OHRID: Borozan 2, Strmljan 4, Ojleski 1, Jagurinovski 1, Ivanković 7, Kukulovski, Risteski, Taseski, Rey Morales 1, Savrevski, Liapis 7, Blazhevski, Petrić 1, Đukić 3, Pilipović, Pribetić 4.
