2022-08-28 08:24

Telekom Veszprém played against Flensburg in the semifinal of the HandballCity Festival. The German team started the game and they faced an opened 5:1 defense right away. Cupara started very well, he saved the first penalty, too. In the 8. minute Veszprém could get the lead for the first time, Mahé scored from penalty (4-3). Pechmalbec played good, with his third goal Veszprém ran away by 3 goals. Flensburg equalised quickly, the they got back the lead (15. min 8-9). In the middle of the half Veszprém made line change in middle positions, Ilic scored right away. Vailupau missed a penalty at draw, in the goal Cupara was still extraordinary. After two nice Veszprém goals Flensburg called a timeout (24. min 12-10). In the last minute of the first half Veszprém attacked in man down, Ilic called a timeout, but Yahia missed his shot.

Strlek scored the first goal in the second half after a nice fastbreak. There was a huge fight ont he court, the teams had to fight for every single goal. The Croatian left wing scored beautiful goals, but Flensburg was still close (42. min 21-20). Yahia scored two goals in a row, but Strlek got 2 minutes suspension and the guests came back by one in the middle of the half (25-24). Cupara showed many big saves and Nilsson was on fire in attack, so the home adavantage raised to 4 goals 10 minutes to go (29-25). For the end Flensburg exhausted, that was why Veszprém could score easily in the endgame. Építők advanced to the final with a confident victory.

Telekom Veszprém – SG Flensburg - Handewitt 35:31 (16:14)

Telekom Veszprém: Corrales, Cupara – Omar 7, Nenadic 5, Nilsson 5, Ligetvári, Lauge 4, Strlek 5, Lukács, Blagotinsek, Mahé 1, ElDeraa 2, Ilic 3, Pechmalbec 3, Vailupau, Sipos

SG Flensburg - Handewitt: Buric, Möller – Golla 5, Hald 5, Frederik, Kirschberger 2, Einarsson 3, Schmitt, Mensah Larsen 1, Johanessen 3, Gottfridsson 3, Pedersen 1, Jakobsen, Semper, Möller 4, Lindskog 1, Röd 3

2 min suspensions: 8 min ill. 4 min

7M penalties: 4/0 and 6/4

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