Łomża Vive Kielce beat RK Vardar 36:29 (18:12) for the second time in a week at EHF Champions League clash.
Łomża Vive Kielce – HC Vardar 1961 36:29 (18:12)
Łomża Vive Kielce: Kornecki, Wolff – Vujović, Olejniczak 2, Sićko 2, A. Dujshebaev 7, Tournat 5, Lijewski 1, Kulesh 2, Moryto 7, Surgiel, Fernandez 2, D. Dujshebaev 1, Gębala 4, Karalek 3
HC Vardar 1961: Cantegrel, Ristovski – Walczak 1, Stoilov 4, Dimitrioski, Georgievski, Dissinger 4, Jotić 6, Kalarash 1, Gadza 1, Cupić 4, Taleski, Dibirov 7, Vuijn 1, Vekić, Mishevski
STANDING:
1. Vive Kielce 8 6 1 1 257:226 13
2. Flensburg-H. 6 4 1 1 188:182 9
3. Meshkov Brest 6 3 1 2 163:167 7
4. Porto 7 2 2 3 197:201 6
5. Paris SG 5 2 0 3 161:156 4
6. Vardar 1961 5 1 1 3 136:144 3
7. Elverum 4 1 0 3 116:131 2
8. Szeged 3 0 0 3 66:77 0
Talant Dujshebaev, Łomża coach Vive Kielce: I am very happy with the result. I want to thank my players for showing great respect for the opponent during the sixty minutes of the game. For me, Vardar is still the best team in Europe, the current winner of the Champions League. It’s hard to play against the same team twice in a row. Due to the pandemic, Vardar has only played four games in three months and it’s not easy for them either. I hope they will play better and better now.
Nicolas Tournat, rotating Łomża Vive Kielce: We have seen that it will be difficult. We had a lot of respect for the opponent, we played hard defense throughout the match. We wanted to counterattack a lot and we succeeded. I am very happy with your victory.
Stevce Alusevski, HC Vardar coach 1961: Congratulations to Łomża Vive Kielce and Talant Dujshebaev for another victory with our team this week. We started well, but we had problems with quick raises. Kielce knew how to punish us and that is why they were leading by six goals until the break. In the second part of the game, we had a hard time building a high-quality attack. We played defense without energy, especially one-on-one. I wish the Kielce team all the best in the next matches!
Patryk Walczak, rotating HC Vardar 1961: Congratulations to Kielce for the victory! I think we started well fifteen minutes. Then something went wrong, we made too many simple mistakes, we lost the ball and we put the possibility of counterattacks in the hands of Kielce. This is the main aspect that contributed to their victory.
