In Thursday, two teams celebrated their wins in Round 3 of Champions League. C.O Zagreb won easy points in Sankt Petersburg 35:28 (16:12) over home team, Neva, debutant in European elite. In second match of the day, Chekhovskie Medvedi beat Dinamo Minsk 34:27 (18:18) in “Soviet derby” after great performance in finish phase. Left wing, Timur Dibirov was best scorer with 8 goals.
Handball legend, Vladimir Maximov, coach of Chekhovskie Medvedi was satisfied:
– We have had a very tough game today – it was equal for a long period. We could only make things comfortable and achieve victory in the last decisive phase of the match due to some great effort and goals from my players. The young local team became nervous in the last part and we used every opportunity to score. In my opinion, Minsk could have won this game easily.
