Łomża Vive Kielce was in a very good situation for the last two rounds of the Champions League group stage. The team led by Talant Duyshebaev is the leader of the table with 18 points and is one step away from winning a promotion to the quarter-finals of the tournament. The Polish champions have lost three games so far – 29:32 against Dinam Bucharest, 27:32 against Paris Saint-Germain and 27:29 against Porto. Vive, after the 13th round of the Champions League, must, however, add a fourth defeat.
The infamous series continues. Vive Kielce has not won a match in Hungary in 10 years
From the very beginning, the pace of the meeting was high and both sides did not want to let go. From the ninth minute, the Polish champions had to cope without Alex Duyshebaev, who clashed with Adrian Sipos. Vive couldn’t break Veszprem for a long time, but the Polish team was descending 16:18 for the break. In the second half, Mateusz Kornecki, replacing Andreas Wolff, recorded several important interventions.
The Vive started the second leg with a lightning-fast recovery and took the lead in two goals. After a few minutes a downtime came and Vive was unable to score by eight goals. Ultimately, the Polish champions managed to reduce the advantage to two hits and lost 33:35 to Telekom Veszper. Thus, Łomża Vive Kielce did not stop the fatal series at the Veszprem Arena – the Polish champions won only one match in their history there, and it took place on February 11, 2012. Then Vive won 24:21 in the group stage of the Champions League during the term of Bogdan Wenta.
Thus, the question of advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League will be resolved in the last round of the group stage. The Polish champions will play at home with Dinamo Bucharest and must win to ensure a direct advance to the quarter-finals. If they had won against Veszper, they would have been sure of a direct promotion. This meeting will take place on Wednesday March 9 at 18:45.
Source: Sport
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