The women’s national handball team lost to Romania without a fight

The women’s national handball team lost 20-32 to Romania in the second matchday of the Euro 2024 qualifiers and suffered their second defeat since that against Croatia last Wednesday in Zagreb, hampering the task of qualifying for the final stage.

Greece gave it their all against one of the top schools in women’s handball, having a very good presence for most of the first half.

At 19′, Greece was behind 7-9 and missed several opportunities to reduce even more, while the half ended 8-15.

In the second half, Romania’s experience and quality did not let the representative group get close to the score.

The next matches of the national team are on February 28 and March 2 against Bosnia.

The five minutes: 2-3, 3-7, 3-9, 7-10, 7-10, 8-15 (mch), 8-17, 12-18, 14-23, 16-25, 18-30, 20-32

GREECE (Danilos): M. Kepesidou, Hatziparasidou 4, Zeneli, Ambrosiadou, Zygoura 4, Samolada, Tsiknakis, Fragou, N. Kepesidou 1, Manias 3, Sevdili 2, Kerlidis 2, Stougiannidou 3, Argyropoulou 1, Andritsou, Karamanou

Referees: Raus-Leinster (Luxembourg), Observer: Kaplanis (Cyprus), Two minutes: 4-3, Penalties: 4/5-2/2

After the end, Menelaos Danilos emphasized that: “We knew it was very difficult to be competitive with Romania for 60 minutes. Assessing both matches against Croatia and Romania, we promised to be on the pitch from the 1st to the 60th minute and we did.

We have to keep all the positives, improve our weaknesses and go into the two important games with Bosnia in the best possible conditions.”

Katerina Mania said: “It was a very difficult game, we knew it from the beginning. I think all the girls gave 100%, we did our best. We continue with our goal in both matches against Bosnia, which we want to be victorious.”