FC Porto and Meshkov Brest celebrated their new wins at the VELUX EHF Champions League Group C. Portuguese champions had furious 40 minutes in Novi Sad against 4.000 home fans (19:9), but Vojvodina managed to come back on 23:25 five minutes before the final buzzer. However, Porto led by fantastic goalie Hugo Laurentino kept the advantage until the end – 27:23 (14:8).
Rodrigues Areia and Brito Duarte scored five goals each for the winners, while line-player Zoran Nikolić netted six for the Serbs.
Another Serbian line-player were dominant tonight. That was the role of Rastko Stojković, who netted 10 goals in win of his Meshkov Brest against Chekhovskie Medvedi 33:27 (17:14). Dainis Kristopans added 8 goals on the final winning score, while Kotov scored six for the home team.
STANDINGS:
| 1. HC Meshkov Brest | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | : | 69 | (28) | 6 |
| 2. Futebol Clube do Porto | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | : | 76 | (7) | 4 |
| 3. Naturhouse La Rioja | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | : | 50 | (6) | 2 |
| 4. Chekhovskie Medvedi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | : | 85 | (-7) | 2 |
| 5. Vojvodina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | : | 85 | (-14) | 2 |
| 6. TATRAN Presov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | : | 63 | (-20) | 0 |
PHOTO: bgk-meshkova.com
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