Hungary beat Croatia – Group winner to be decided in “Arena Zagreb”

In derby match of Thursday, Hungary beat Croatia 20:18 (8:7) in tight match in Veszprem after five years. Hero of big win for domestic team was Kornely Nagy with 5 goals and the most important winning one in the last attack (5/5). Strong Hungarian defense totally disabled Croatian back line. Domagoj Duvnjak was bad, he finished match with only one goal (1/7) and there were no other backs to fil that gap in team of Slavko Goluza…

Top scorer was Gabor Csaszar with six goals, while goalkeepers were also good – Mikler had 15 and Alilovic 12 saves…

HUNGARY–CROATIA 20–18 (8–7)
HUNGARY: MIKLER – Harsányi 1, Zubai Sz., NAGY L., SCHUCH, Ilyés 3, CSÁSZÁR 6 (1) Törő 1, Vadkerti 1, NAGY K. 5, MOCSAI 2, Szalafai 1, Szöllösi Sz.
CROATIA : ALILOVIC – HORVAT 4, Kopljar 2, Lackovic, VORI 3, Duvnjak 1, NINCEVIC 3, Vukovic, Gojun, Bicanic 1, Sprem, Musa, BUNTIC 4 (2), Matulic
Scores. 3. p.: 1–2. 9. p.: 3–2. 19. p.: 4–4. 22. p.: 5–6. 28. p.: 8–6. 34. p.: 8–10. 42. p.: 11–11. 49. p.: 13–13. 52. p.: 15–14. 54. p.: 15–16. 56. p.: 18–16

In the first match of the group, Latvia beat Slovakia 28:24.

Group winner will be decided in two days in “Arena Zagreb” in front of 15.000 spectators…