In the last preparatory match before the World Cup, Croatian handball players beat Slovenia 33:25 in the Zagreb Arena.
Croatia already had a seven-goal lead at halftime and routinely kept that lead until the end of the game. The man of the match was unstoppable Ivan Martinović with nine hits.
Croatia finished the preparations with all three victories. She used to celebrate against North Macedonia with 27:25 and against of Italy (36:20).
Croatia opens the World Cup on Wednesday against Bahrain. Two days later he welcomes Argentinaand on January 19, the last match of the first part of the competition against of Egypt. All matches are played in the Zagreb Arena at 20:30.
Menu Dagur Sigurdsson can be satisfied ahead of the upcoming World Cup. Although the Slovenians did not give their best, it was refreshing to see them in good spirits Kuzmanović, Duvnjak, Glavaša, Šipić and society.
A particularly brilliant performance was performed by Ivan Martinović, who earned the title of man of the match with nine goals from 11 attempts.
They are currently part of coach Dagur Sigurdsson’s staff 22 playersof which four will need to be written off after this check. They will remain in the squad for the World Cup 18and there will be them in the minutes of the matches 16.
🔥 Excellent edition against Slovenia as a great prelude to the World Cup 🎉✨
In front of the fantastic Zagreb audience, we also achieved the third preliminary victory🎯🥁#crohandball #CRODENNOR2025 #inspiredbyhandball pic.twitter.com/3EeNCGQzzQ
— Croatian Handball Federation (@HRS_CHF) January 10, 2025
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