French women celebrate and throw Podravka out of the Champions League
Handball players Podravka Vegeta failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, they lost their visit to France in a return match of playing for placement among the top eight Brest with 27-35 (8-18) and thus did not defend the minimum 27-26 victory from Koprivnica a week ago.
Matea Pletikosic was with nine goals were the most efficient with Podravka Vegeta, while Clarisse Mairot with seven hits led by Brest.
Podravka played very poorly primarily in the northwest in the northwest in the attack, scoring the first goal only after five minutes of play, and things went in a completely wrong direction in the middle of the first half. In the 13th minute it was only 6-5 for Brest, but a period of seven minutes followed, during which the Croatian champion players did not score a single goal, and they received six and Brest fled to 12-5. During that series and Podravka coach Edge Lord used both « time out », but it didn’t help either.
Before the end of the first half, Brest also arrived at 11 goals difference (18-7), Podravka players were kicking from the unspecified positions, which resulted in the blocks of domestic players who then filled the rivals net from rapid counter-attacks.
After such a development of events in the first half, it was clear that the sequel would be just doing work. Brest reached the largest 14 differences (31-17) in the 47th minute, and in the very end of Podravka it still relieved the defeat.
