Handball Finals – the same rival
The goalkeeper saved
The Garlius march towards the finale was longer than that of Vilnius. Kaunas district spokeswoman semi-finals won 2: 1-beat Panevezys March-PSC/RSSG.
Panevezys, who finished the regular season in LMRL only in sixth place, forced her to try to make a favorite Cascad-Garliava SM: the first match at 26:30, and 31:23.
The decisive – the third – the duel took place in Garliava. Panevezys team started the competition more successfully – 3: 1, but soon the Garliats took over the initiative – 4: 3, 11: 8, 23:21.
Simona Kolosova, a 26:26 player, played the second half with less than 4 minutes left to play less than 4 minutes. Soon after, Kaunas district team sniper Martyna Utilaitė – 27:26 scored.
Panevezys had two very good opportunities to restore balance again, but the Cascados-Garliava SM goalkeeper Benita Šliupaitė withdrew both 7m penalties and Emilė Aglinskaitė established a victory-28:26.
Competitors: Klaipeda and Panevėžys fights for bronze this season shared a victory and once played a draw. RPhoto by Ankinis.lt
Disregarded the forecasts
« We have a leg of an unrealized opportunity for goals, » said Laura Salamanavičė, coach of the playing Fighting-PSC/RSSG.
Panevezys handlers’ accuracy is 51 %, Garliase – 56 %.
The rivals forced us to look for new, even risky solutions and strengths to implement them.
« Few people hoped that we could go to the semi -finals, and we went to fight despite any forecasts – neither positive nor negative, » Salamanavicė added.
« Panevezys team is an extremely strong, well -organized rival, adapted to our game promptly and skillfully, so we had to look for new, even risky solutions and strength several times.
Cascados-Garliava SM and Vilnius Eglė final match will start up to three victories on May 15.
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Eglė expects gold
In the semifinals of Vilnius, the Klaipėda Dragoon team eliminated the 2: 0 (38:28 and 43:34).
« We are rescued by the fact that we have a longer player bench and two three equivalent handlers in each position, » said Karolis Kaladinskas, Eglė strategist. – We got to the finals for the fifth consecutive season. We will try to end the curse of the unfortunate decisive duels and recover the championship title. ”
Eglė will compete for gold for the fifth consecutive year, and has been awarded silver medals for four last seasons.
Klaipeda and Panevėžys team will compete for bronze. The last time the port city handball players took the third place in 2017, and the Panevezys-in 2010.
This year, Klaipeda players played the Lithuanian Handball Federation (LRF) Cup final (24:27 landed Egle).
The semi -final
Cascada-Garliava SM-Fight-PSC/RSSG 30:26 (15:14). M. Utilaitė 7 goals / L. Salamanavičė 7 goals.
Fight-PSC/RSSG-Cascada-Garliava SM 31:23 (13:11). I. Verbovik 10 goals / M. Utilaitė 7 goals.
Cascada-Garliava SM-Fight-Psc/RSSG 28:26 (14:11). M. Utilaitė 11 goals / I. Verbovik and S. Kolosova 6 goals each.
Eglė – Dragūnas 38:28 (17:12). G. Pilkauskaitė 13 goals / S. Klovaitė 8 goals.
Dragūnas – Eglė 34:43 (18:21). S. Klovaitė 10 goals / G. Pilkauskaitė 14 goals.
