Buducnost and Metz march on towards Main Round

Montenegrin giants, Buducnost and French title holders, Metz Handball, rolled on towards the Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round, after celebrating contrasting away victories against Thüringer HC and Glassverket, respectively.

Buducnost made light work of their resounding 32:26 defeat of THC, while Metz spilled a seven-goal half-time lead before coming out on top in Norway, thanks to Xenia Smits.

First-half onslaught gave Buducnost the win against THC Bulatovic led the Montenegrin side with eight goals Metz survived a magnificent Glassverket comeback Xenia Smits drilled in the decisive goal to finish with seven

GROUP A Thüringer HC (GER) vs Buducnost (MNE) 26:32, 11:21

Former two-time EHF Champions League winners, Buducnost, steam-rolled to their third straight win in the group matches, after a superb first half propelled them to a comfortable victory against the hosts, Metz Handball.

Spanish goalkeeper, Darli De Paula, shone between the posts, while Katarina Bulatovic and Christina Neagu unleashed their back court firepower for the Montenegrin side.

Left back Bulatovic, who steered Buducnost to both their titles in 2012 and 2015, scored four of her team’s opening six goals. It was clear there would be no way back for Metz after the Romanian left back, Neagu, started inflicting damage, along with other players joining the scoring party. Valiant Luzumova

Thüringer HC, who worked hard to keep the deficit down, were left to the devices of their top scorer, Iveta Luzumova, as the Czech stalwart netted five first half goals against one of Europe’s most battle-hardened defensive units.

However, Neagu was relentless at the other end and finished the opening period with seven goals, allowing …

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