Tomas Mrkva is hero of Czech Republic. Czech’s goalkeeper saved penalty shot of Dejan Manaskov in the last second of thriler with Macedonia 25:24 (11:13) to keep chances of his team for semi-final alive which was totally unexpected before EHF EURO 2018 start.
Macedonians had 20:15 in 43rd minute, but they couldn’t cope with brave Czech’s defensive line without the first star Kiril Lazarov, who was injured, used only for 7-meter shots.
Horak (8) and Kasparek (6) put their team in balance a few minutes before the end, when drama began…
STANDINGS:
Denmark 6
Spain 4
Czech Republic 4
Germany 4
Macedonia 3
Slovenia 3
