In a strong friendly match, the National Men’s Handball Team lost 30-33 to North Macedonia in Skopje, looking to prepare better for the EURO 2024 finals. longer, with the exception of a very bad two minutes between 28′-30′, where the home team turned 14-14 into 18-14 with a 4-0 run.
Until the 28th minute, the National Team found many solutions in the attack with excellent collaborations of the perimeter and pivot and with Liapis as the first scorer with 9 goals.
At the beginning of the second half, specifically in the 33rd minute, the difference reached +6 (21-15) for the home team with individual scores of 7-1. Despite reducing the score to 21-17, then the difference reached +7 (26-19). In the 50′, Kederis with two consecutive goals reduced the score to 28-24 and Mallios to 29-25 in the 53′, but two unanswered goals brought the game to 31-25 (55′).
With Liapi and Papazoglou, the National team reduced to 31-27 (56′) and with Panagiotou and Papadionisiou to 32-29 in the 29′ and did not give up the match until the final, scoring with Savvas for the final result.
The two teams will meet again on Friday at 19:00 at the same stadium and without the presence of spectators.
GREECE (Zaravinas): Papantontopoulos, Papavasilis 1, Savvas 2, Passias, Kandylas, Karabourniotis, Michaelidis 1, Tziras, Kederis 2, Liapis 9, Papadionisiou 4, Arabatzis, Mallios, Th. Papazoglou, Toskas 2, Panagiotou 2, Tsakouridis, Mposkos 1, Boukovinas 1
Referees: Mitrevski- Todorovski (North Macedonia), Two minutes: 1-4, Penalty: 4/5-0/2
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