Motor Zaporozhye: Komok, Budko – Vujovic 2, Kubatko 1, Babichev, Malasinskas 4 (1), Pukhoski 2, Denysov 5, Doroshchuk 2, Huryn, Kozakevych 3 (1), Gurkovsky, Kasai, Kus, Ganchev 3, Parovinchak

 

Telekom Veszprém: Székely, Sterbik – Manaskov 4, Moraes 1, Gajic 5 (2), Nilsson 3, Paczkowski, Marguc 3, Lauge 3, Strlek 3, Terzic, Blagotinsek 1, Nenadic 3, Ilic 1, Mackovsek 2, Borozan 3

 

Penalties: 3/2 and 3/2

Suspensions: 4 min. and 4 min.

 

Telekom Veszprém closed the VELUX EHF Champions League in Ukraine against Motor Zaporozhye. The home team started well, they scored from well-organized attacks and they could stay in front of Veszprém and have a lead even at the 13th minute, 5:4. This whole good performance lasted until the 15th minute, when the „Építők” took the lead for the first time, 5:6. Veszprém needed half of the period to get warmed up into the game. Nenadic gave brilliant passes to his teammates, while Székely showed amazing saves in goal. The difference grew and in the 20th minute, we had a 6:10 lead. In the 28th minute, the difference grew to ten, and Zoran Ilic could step on court as well. Our opponent showed no resistance, hence the big difference at half time, 8:17.
 
Veszprém made some technical mistakes in the beginning of the second half, and Motor could score some easy goals. Nevertheless, the difference did not dissolve, and Veszprém still had a nine goals lead by the 40th minute, 13:22. The overall picture of the game did not change over time, Veszprém dominated, while Motor was trying to keep up. Székely continued to show great saves, while in attack nice combinations resulted in amazing goals. In the 55th minute, the difference grew to 12, 18:30. In the end, Ilic scored as well, and made the final result 22:32. Telekom Veszprém finished the group phase with a nice victory.
 

David Davis: We wanted to win this match, to finish the group stage well. We knew that Motor had some changes, but they could still have a good match. Congratulations to my players, because it could not have been easy to play after knowing that we cannot move from the second position. Congratulations to Székely as well, because this was his first game that he actually played in. I would also like to mention Zoran Ilic, who is a young player, and had some time today on the court and even scored a goal.
 
Márton Székely: I am so happy and proud of our team. We did a great job, and shown our character because we were already on second place in the group regardless of the result today. We came here for the two points and I am happy that we did so.

 

 
Gintaras Savukynas: Thanks to my team and congrats to Veszprém. Our main problem today was that we could not score goals. Thanks to my players, who showed great character in this game and they were trying until the last second. Unfortunately, we only had one training together so far, so today I had to improvise a lot during the game. In conclusion, thanks to my team for the effort, and we will try to show better performance in the upcoming games.
 
Gennadiy Komok: We did not want to finish our Champions League season with such a big loss, but as coach said, we could not score goals. From now on, we concentrate on Brest in the SEHA League.
 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös