The Best Handball Player Ever in the voting competition of IHF, Ivano Balic was really angry after defeat of his NT in the opening match of the EHF EURO 2012 Main Round in Novi Sad against Spain 22:24:
– It’s normaly that we couldn’t win, when referees steal from us. We fought aganst Spaniards and against that idiots. They made stupid decisions. Sincerely, I don’t want that any more – said Balic for Croatian PRESS and add:
– I am sick of that. Everything is the same since the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. Every time, when we are able to make something big, referees coming…
Russell Jones
23. January 2012. at 23:40
actually, the original quote by Ivano Balic after the match against Spain, translated:
”New year and it’s always the same story. Every time the referees take away our win from us. I’m disgusted with it once and for all. I’m disgusted with handball like this. For me this is a tragedy and it’s ridiculous. Like this the bookies should make a deal with the referees and in advance decide who will be the champion and give them the trophy, the others don’t have to come and play. Let it be like that. Thanks.”