Tatran Presov: Chupryna – Rabek 6 (2), M. Sarpataky, Humenansky, Hrstka, 4 (2), Krok 3, Recicar, L. Sarpataky 1, Urban 3, Pekar, Peskov, Vucko 1, Pales, Tsarapkin

  

Telekom Veszprém: Borbély, Mikler – Gulyás 2, Iváncsik 5, Ilic 4, Gajic 1, Nilsson 3, Kopljar, Marguc 3 (1), Ancsin 5, Terzic, Sulic 1, Milasevic, Lékai 1, Ligetvári 1

  

Penalties: 4/5 and 1/1

Suspensions: 2 min. and 4 min.

 

 

Xavi Sabate: It is always difficult for us to play in Presov. Performance from my players was excellent today and that is why I am very proud of them. I am very happy they managed it because players are people, not machines. Now we have to prepare thoroughly for the game versus Gorenje Velenje. I wish Presov good luck for the rest of the season.

 

Roland Mikler: Tatran were able to deliver a good, fighting performance today. Igor Chupryna was brilliant today making saves on lots of clear shots. I am glad to say that our defense was very good.

 

 

Rastislav Trtik: They did not manage to reach good results lately but we were in my opinion in an even worse situation missing many important players. I completely agree with Xavi Sabate - players are people, not machines. We have a huge problem with missing players and demanding schedule. Our biggest problem is that we play so many games in 4 different competitions with limited number of players. In the first half we were strong in defense that was well supported by great saves of Igor Chupryna. It was worse in the second half when we've lost strength. We did not have a single player who would be able to score desperately missing pressure our backs can usually do and produce. We've that way given Veszprem a chance to score easy goals in counter attacks. I would like to thank our fans for active support during the match.

 

Igor Chupryna: Veszprem have really played good handball tonight. We have a really young team which is trying hard and looking to deliver nice performances but our capacity is limited.

 

 

Photos: György Ary