On the last friendly game of the preseason Telekom Veszprém hosted Kiel. The Germans started the game, but Strlek scored first after a stolen ball, then Yahia doubled up the lead. In the first 5. minutes Ligetvári already scored 2 huge goals (5-3). The teams played in good tempo, with a lot of goals and Strlek scored his first two penalties with safe hand (10. min 7-5). Sipos was really good in defence, he made many big blocks, but Kiel could come back by one goal at the middle of the half (10-9). After a guest timeout Kiel got the lead for the first time on the game, so Ilic changed in the middle positions. The first half was twisted, the standing was changing all the time, Kiel was leading by two goals after 25 minutes play (13-15). The halftime score was made with a buzzer beater penalty goal.
 

The teams led fast actions in the second half,too, Yahia scored many big goals from back position. Veszprém played with two playmakers in attack, they made clear chances, but the guest goalkeeper stopped them many times. Strlek could not miss from the penalty line, he equalised from in the 40. minute (23-23). After a fastbreak Sipos scored a tricky goal over Landin, the Aréna exploded and Kiel called a timeout (44. min 26-24). The crowd could see many nice plays and goals, the teams already reached 60 goals in 50 minutes and Veszprém led by 4 goals (32-28). After this Landin was on fire he showed 6 huge saves and Kiel equalised (32-32), then they got the lead. Turning to the last minute Ilic called a timeout, Nenadic tied the game, but Kiel scored again a beyond time goal from penalty and they won the game.

 

Telekom Veszprém – THW Kiel 34:35 (17:18)
 
Telekom Veszprém: Corrales, Cupara – Manaskov 2, Yahia 5, Nenadic 2, Maqueda, Nilsson 3, Ligetvári 4, Marguc 4, Strlek 10, Lukács, Blagotinsek 2, Mahé, Ilic, Dörnyei, Lékai 1, Sipos 1.
 
THW Kiel: N. Landin, Saggau, Quenstedt – Ehrig, Duvnjak 3, Sagosen 5, Reinkind 8, M. Landin 4, Weinhold 4, Wiencek 1, Ekberg 5, Benitez, Wáger, Dahmke 1, Zarabec, Horak, Bilyk 1, Pekeler 3.
 

2 min: 10 minutes and 6 minutes
7M: 7/5 and 6/4

 

 

It was a tough match, I really satitsfied with the second part of the first half. Our team played with a good spirit, fought as we can. Of course we have some things to improve, we work on it. Step by step we do our job and fight for our purposes.

 

Filip Jícha headcoach Kiel
 

At the beginning we were a bit surprised by the intensity of the match. It was like always when these to clubs with their long tradition play against each other. In the end we fought back and we had Niklas Landin who helped us a lot in the decisive moments.