In the first round of Group H at the World Handball Championship, Croatia defeated the Bahrain national team by a score of 36:22 in Arena Zagreb.
They are also in the group Argentina and Egyptand the three best teams will advance to the second stage, which is also played according to the group system. Then four groups of six teams will be drawn, with all points from the first stage being transferred.
The coach has to choose a 16-man squad for each game, which means he has to leave out two players, and today he decided to leave the pivot off the score sheet. Verona Načinovića and the right outer one Luka Lovra Klaric.
The first half started with a 2:2 tie, and then the series of Croatia on the wings Glavaša and going to 6:2. In the middle of the half in the 15th minute of the game, the score was 7:3, and Glavaš excelled with three goals.
After that, Croatia continued in an excellent rhythm, in the 18th minute Bahrain asks for the first time-out for the first Croatian lead of 9:3. Bahrain struggled a lot in attack, they made mistakes, which opened up opportunities for Croatia to score quick goals.
The Croatian handball players punished every mistake of the opponent, and in the 25th minute the scoreboard read 12:7, for which they played on the wings of great defense in those moments. Kuzmanović.
At halftime, the score was 17:9 in favor Croatia. It should be noted that the first half was spent proving the abilities of the young players who started taking more and more risks.
Šoštarić has replaced Glavaša scored for +10 in the second half and from a very difficult angle. The same player ran a counterattack in the next attack and increased the lead to +11. Pešić came in instead Kuzmanović and immediately saved Bahrain’s shot. The second half continued in the sign of Croatia’s dominance, which was flawless.
Marash continued to terrorize the Bahrain goalkeeper. He scored his fourth goal in 32:17 from as many attempts. Then it is But Alasheera with two goals reduced to 32:19.
But Eid made a seven-pointer again. It was his seventh goal and stood out as Bahrain’s only bright spot. By the end of the match, Croatia routinely brought the game to an end to the final 36:22.
On Friday, January 17, Croatia from 8:30 p.m. game against Argentina. Today is earlier in our group Egypt won Argentina 39:25.
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