Victory over Zagreb brings Kielce back on top of Group B, Сelje and Brest split points again

After eleven days of break from last VELUX EHF Champions League duel against Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb, KS Vive Tauron Kielce once again defeated a Croatian team, this time at home 29:25. Sunday’s victory gave the Polish Champions the first place in the rank, tied with HC Vardar, while the charges of Silvio Ivandija still remain at the bottom of the Group B with two points.

A good shape of Matevz Skok contributed to the lead of the Croats in the first half The solid defence supprted by Filip Ivic allowed Kielce to regain the lead in the second part Julen Aguinagalde from Kielce and Stipe Mandalinic led the scorers list, both with 7 goals The victory gave Kielce a tie for first in the group B, while Zagreb remains at the bottom with two points

GROUP B

KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL)  vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb (CRO) 29:25,11:12

Comparing to the previous match of the teams, Zagreb played without Lovro Sprem, Leon Susnja and Dobrivoje Markovic; however, with Josip Eres, Darko Cingesar and Welko Markoski. Kielce disposed only 14 players, still without Michal Jurecki, Patryk Walczak and Tobias Reichmann. Reichmann was injured in Varazdin and maybe will be back on court for the next game against Vardar.

Both teams started the game with aggressive 5:1 defence, Kielce with Mateusz Jachlewski and Zagreb with Igor Vori in front. The giant line player seemed to bother their rivals much more than small winger the guests, as the players of Zagreb were finding different ways to score from various positions which gave them a 4:1 lead.

Solid start, dizzy end

Meanwhile Matevz Skok stopped distance shots twice from Karol Bielecki and then once again confirmed his domination over Polish icon, defending his penalty shot. However, soon Kielce found a different way to the Croatian goal, pressuring the guests to making mistakes that gave Vive three more 7 meters shots, well executed by Julen Aguinagalde.

The closer to the end of the first half, the game was getting more dizzy. Both teams were losing the ball and counter-attacking each other. Four goals in a row gave Zagreb two goals lead over the hosts (9:11), but in the end a powerful, classy throw of Mariusz Jurkiewicz fixed the half score at 11:12.

Vain ambitious chase after Polish Champions

At the beginning of the second part, the game got dominated by Kielce …

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