After an important victory against Iceland, Croatian handball players beat Switzerland 24-28 in Malmö on Sunday.
It was very bad start for Croatia. Dagur Sigurdsson’s chosen ones first they scored a goal only in the tenth minute of the matchwhile the Swiss handball players scored five goals during that time.
Croatia in equal shaft it wasn’t until the 18th minute that the first time there was an equaliser 7-7. After that, Rubin was sent off, and then Srna scored the leading goal for Croatia (7-8).
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From that moment, Croatia held the lead until the end of the first half, but did not manage to break away seriously, so the break went with the result 11-13.
Croatia entered the second half better. The Swiss were the ones who constantly they are catching upand Croatia had +5 on the scoreboard in the middle of the second half (15-20). Until the end of the match, the Swiss handball players tried to reduce the difference and turn the match in their favor, but in the end, Croatia deservedly celebrated, led by the player of the match, goalkeeper Dominik Kuzmanović.
Croatia will play the next match in Tuesday against of Slovenia of 18 hours.
In the first match today, Slovenia won against Hungary with a score of 35-32, and Iceland beat Sweden with a score of 35-27.
(www.jabuka.tv | Photo: Sanjin Strukic/PIXSELL)
