EHF Euro Cup: Gichevska did not score a penalty for a draw against Slovenia
Today in the first of two matches in EHF Euro Cup the Macedonian women's senior national team tonight in Celje lost to Slovenia with a minimum of 29:28.
The selected players of the selector Ljubomir Savevski had a chance to remain undefeated in this match, but Gichevska did not score a penalty for just over 15 seconds until the end of the match.
The home team controlled the result in their favor in the first part, several times they had a lead of "plus four" (8: 4, 9: 5), and the highest positive reached "plus five" (10:5).
By the break, our team managed to consolidate its ranks and managed to reduce from a negative to "minus one" (11:10, 14:13, 15:14).
In the second half we played even better, not only did we reach a draw, and several times we had a minimal lead of 18:19 in 37 minutes after Janeska's goal and 19:20 c39 minutes with Stojkovska's goal.
We fought an equal battle against Slovenia, and in the 43rd minute we led with 22:23 with the goal of Ristovska, so the host came back with a series of three goals for 25:23. Our best handball players gathered strength for a new equal, we leveled on 28:28, and the host retaliated with Zulic's goal. We had a chance to avoid defeat, but in the last minute Gichevska did not score a XNUMX-meter.
Stojkovska was the most efficient with eight goals, Gichevski scored seven, Ristovska six, Janeska five, and Sazdovska and Dabevska one each. There were 10 goals on the opposite side Gross, and Zulic scored three less.
The second duel between these two teams will be played on Sunday (March 6) starting at 18.30 in SC "Boris Trajkovski, and admission is free for handball and sports fans.