La Rioja claims top spot, Presov win first match

After Saturday’s set of matches, Group C has a new leader. La Rioja beat Montpellier to move on top, while Presov jumped off the bottom of the group, after overcoming Metalurg Skopje in a great comeback.

After Metalurg won in the SEHA League, Presov took revenge at home in Champions League Presov claimed tenth win in their Champions League history La Rioja earned the top spot in the group, after defeating Montpellier 30:29 Spanish side showed fast break strength with Mohamed Sanad, a new signing, being a joint top scorer with 7 goals Montpellier faught back after break, but La Rioja won after Jota Gonzalez’s time out

GROUP C TATRAN Presov (SVK) vs HC Metalurg (MKD) 27:22 (11:12) Despite their bad start, hosts TATRAN Presov showed minute-by-minute improvement to claim their first VELUX EHF Champions League Group Stage win of the season and to move from the bottom of the table past their opponents in Slovakia today. Macedonian quick start

Presov may have scored the first goal through Jakub Hrstka, but then they were hammered by the visitors with goals coming through one after another. When Nemanja Mladenovic scored his second of the game and made it 9:2 to HC Metalurg in the 14th minute, things looked more than alarming for the hosts, but the Macedonians could only score a further three until half-time as Presov’s nine saw a drama back on the cards.     Home comeback

As Presov improved in attack, they also managed to improve their defensive …

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