Foreshadow: Veszprém – Vardar

 

Telekom Veszprém will play the final of the SEHA – Gazprom League on Sunday against HC Vardar 1961. The game will start at 20:30 and will be broadcasted live by Spíler TV.

 

Our last encounter with Vardar was in the Champions League last season during the group phase. The game was one sided, and Veszprém took a 29:38 victory easily. The leader of the team was Petar Nenadic with 11 goals.

 

Our next opponent faced Zagreb in the semifinal yesterday. After breathtaking excitement, Vardar won the penalty shootout. The hero of the game was the goalkeeper of Vardar, Borko Ristovski, who saved two attempts at the shootout.

 

The reigning Champions League champions let go of eight players this summer, while signed nine newcomers. Daniil Shishkarev, Khalifa Ghedbane, Stas Skube, Arturs Kugis, Dejan Kukulovski, Sergey Gorbok, Domen Sikosek Pelko and José Toledo will continue their careers in another team. The newcomers are: Filip Taleski from Balingen-Weilstetten, Robin Cantegrel from Cesson Rennes, Tomislav Jagurinovski from Metalurg, Goce Georgievski from Bucuresti, Ante Gadza and Josip Vekic from Zagreb, Marko Vujin from Sporting, Patryk Walczak from Lübbecke and Lovro Jotic from Eurofarm.

 

Yesterday Telekom Veszprém managed to beat Meshkov Brest to reach the final on Sunday. The “Építők” were behind in the first half, but for the second period they managed to significally improve in all aspects of the game. The top scorers of the team were Gasper Marguc and Petar Nenadic with six goals each.

 

Let’s go Veszprém!