The Polish Champions also took another step to repeat the achievement of the 2014/2015 season. Then, according to the old rules of the group stage (four groups of six teams), they took the first place in the group (in addition, they achieved a set of ten wins). Then the players advanced to the Final Four, where they lost in the semi-final to Barcelona 28:33.
Łomża Vive to win the group?
Since then, Kielce has not been able to win the group for six consecutive seasons. They also took the second position in the most memorable season of 2015/2016 in which, after an exciting match and penalties, they defeated Telekom Veszper and enjoyed their victory in the Champions League. Kielce was also second in the 2016/2017 season. Since then, they have been placed 5th, 4th and twice third in succession.
Now only a cataclysm would prevent her from being in the best “2” group stage and reaching the quarter-finals. For this to happen, it is enough for Kielce to score two points in the last two matches. While winning in Veszprem, on the court of one of the favorites for the Final Four, it may be difficult to win, while defeating Dinam Bucharest, the rushing Polish champions should not have any problems. The more so because they will want each other. The Kielce team has an additional advantage, because they have four points more than the runner-up – Barcelona (and one game more), but a better balance of direct matches than the Spanish champions.
Let us remind you that the teams that will take the first two places in both groups will advance directly to the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams will compete for the four remaining places. However, it is worth fighting to win the group. If Kielce took first place, then in the quarter-finals they would play with the winner of the match between the fifth team of group A and the fourth team in group B. If the competition ended today, the Polish champions would play against MOL-Pick Szeged or Flensburg. So they would have avoided a tie against the powers: PSG, THW Kiel or Telekom Veszper.
On Wednesday evening, the coach Talant Duyshebaev even allowed himself to play in the basic line-up on … two wheelers and without a right winger. This is due to the fact that it only had one right-winger -. The winger of the Polish national team appeared on the court only in the second quarter of an hour. Not only that, the coach from Kielce gave his best goalkeeper – Andreas Wolff a rest. The German watched the entire match from the bench, because the Polish representative – Mateusz Kornecki was doing well.
The Kielce players, thus compiled in this way, had no problems with defeating the Zaporozhye Motorbike. The match practically ended after eight minutes, when the hosts were already leading 8: 2. This time the favorites did not have such huge problems with penalties. In Ukraine, their effectiveness was terrible – 2/9. Now Arkadiusz Moryto made a mistake only once in five attempts. The hosts played very much as a team. Igor Karacić was very good in the game. Kielce players very often played for wheelers, and they scored goals or scored penalty kicks. In total, turnover hits eleven times: Nicolas Tournat (8th) and Arciom Karalek (3rd).
Łomża Vive Kielce – Motor Zaporozhye 33:27 (19:13)
Łomża Vive Kielce: Kornecki – Tournat 8, Moryto 7, Sićko 5, Thrastarson 3, Karalek 3, Nahi 2, A. Dujszebajew 2, Surgiel 1, Sanchez-Migallon 1, Olejniczak 1, Vujović, Karacić, D. Dujszebajew.
Group B table:
- Łomża Vive Kielce 12 matches 18 points, goal balance: 382: 351
- Barcelona 11 14 346: 317
- Veszprem 11 13 344: 316
- PSG 10 12 331: 295
- Flensburg 11 9 303: 313
- Motor 11 8 312: 341
- Porto 11 8 308: 350
- Dinamo 11 6 323: 366
Matches remaining to be played:
- Matchday 12: Barcelona – Veszprem, PSG – Flensburg, Porto – Dinamo,
- Queue 13: Veszprem – Łomża Vive, Dinamo – PSG, Motor – Barcelona, Flensburg – Porto,
- Matchday 14: Łomża Vive – Dinamo, PSG – Veszprem, Barcelona – Flensburg, Porto – Motor,
- overdue: Motor – PSG,
Source: Sport
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