The handball national team of Macedonia missed an ideal opportunity to triumph and play a draw 24:24 on the road in Zlin against the Czech Republic in the first barrage match for the World Cup to be played next year.

In the sixth match on the road in the Czech Republic, the handball players were closest to victory and had a seven-goal advantage in the second half, but Kasparek with a goal in the 10th second until the end "stole" the triumph of Kiril Lazarov's team. The passenger of the World Cup in Poland and Sweden will be decided on Sunday in SC "Boris Trajkovski" when the return match will be played.

The selected players of the coach and captain Kiril Lazarov, played a great match in Zlin, the attack worked perfectly for 50 minutes, he was not in a hurry, he did not shoot from unbuilt positions, but he waited for the ideal moment to shoot from a built position, but the mistakes in the last 10 tina minutes cost them victory.

The handball players started the match well, with the goals of Taleski and Kuzmanovski taking the lead with 0: 2. Klima scored the first goal for the Czech Republic in the fourth minute, but then followed a new series of Macedonia of three goals in a row with a lead of 1: 5 after ten minutes of play.

The Czechs tried to return to the game with two goals through Klima and Babak, but Kuzmanovski broke the fast of six minutes without a goal and Macedonia has a lead of 3: 6. The advantage of three goals was maintained in the next five minutes, after which with the goal of Kiril Lazarov in the 20th minute, Macedonia has reached a plus four (5: 9). The host scored two goals and came to 7: 9, but Stoilov returns the advantage of plus three (7:10) which by the end of the first part, they routinely maintained and went on vacation with 10:13.

The second half started great for the selector and captain Kiril Lazarov, in four minutes four goals were scored through Georgievski, Markovski, Taleski and Lazarov for the biggest lead of plus seven (10:17) for Macedonia.

The hosts scored the first goal in the second half in the 35th minute through Babak, then Piroh also scored, but Georgievski scored for 12:18 in the 38th minute.

The Czech Republic, thanks to the goal scorer Tomas Mrkva, who saved two penalties in just a few minutes, reached 15:19 in the 43rd minute, leaving the Macedonian handball players without a goal for five minutes.
Goce Georgievski broke the fast with his fifth goal in 15:20, but the Czechs retaliated in the next attack through Holeva.

Macedonia regained the advantage of plus six with the goals of Stoilov and Kuzmanovski, but the Czechs scored two quick goals for 18:22 in 51 minutes. Lazarov in the 52nd minute scored an important goal with a player less in 18:23, but the Czechs did not give up and scored two goals in 20:23.

The Czechs did not use the mistake in Lazarov's attack, and Mirkulovski scored with a zeppelin for 20:24 in the 54th minute.

The Czechs did not give up, through Hrshtka and Kasparek scored two goals in the 57th minute and came to 22:24. Macedonia made a mistake in the attack, and Babak used that two minutes before the end to reduce it to 23:24, after which Lazarov had to call a time-out.

Mrkva had 15 saves, but the Czechs, wanting to equalize, made a mistake and Macedonia had the attack in the last minute. But Lazarov's shot from nine meters ended in the goalpost, which allowed the hosts to have the last attack. In it, Kasparek scored 10 seconds before the end for the final 24:24.

The best in Macedonia was Filip Taleski with five goals, Lazarov and Goce Georgievski scored four each, Kuzmanovski and Stoiov scored three, while Nikola Mitrevski had 11 saves. In the ranks of the Czech Republic, Hrshtka and Klima scored five goals each, and Mrkva was excellent on the goal with 18 saves.