Without doubts in Skopje

Без неизвесност во Скопје

metalurg - borac 1

 

Metalurg had absolutely no problem, and has easily beaten Borac Banja Luka with 36-18 (16-6) in SEHA GSS league's round 13. Team from Banja Luka came to Skopje in a bad physical condition with only 13 players from which 3 were goalkeepers and with salary problems above their heads. Macedonian vice-champion played without four of their standard players: Pavel Atman, Aco Jonoski, Darko Stanic, Vanco Dimovski and injured Naumce Mojsovski .

 

This was the highest win for Metalurg in SEHA GSS league this season and fourth highest in this season’s league. Record holder is still Tatran Presov with 46-19 win over Partizan in Slovakia.

 

Coach Cervar gave chance to players who usually stay on bench, like Zlatko Mojsoski,  Zarko Pesevski, Nikola Kedzo, Igor Mandic and Nikola Mitrevski. New playmaker Luka Cindric had his chance to playing for more than 40 minutes and scoring 4 goals. Goalkeeper Nikola Mitrevski grabbed chance he was given great with 9 saves in the first half.

 

Borac's players simply have not had enough strenght to respond to home team's tempo. Metalurg's win was obvious from the very first minute.

 

Igor Mandic was the best in Metalurg's lines with 8 goals and 100% shooting ratio. On the other side Milos Njezic scored 5 goals from 6 attempts.

 

Jani Cop, Borac’s coach

- I hope our situation will get better and that we'll soon be able to play on a higher level. I hope that we won't have to play many more matches like this.

 

Dejan Sesic,  Borac’s player

- Opponent has today used all our mistakes. This match was our first contact with a ball after more than a month. I think that, having mind on our current situation, we haven't played so bad today at all.

 

Lino Cervar, Metalurg’s coach

- We've played correctly and I am pleased with that. It's now time to start thinking about match in Paris and the other hard matches we'll have to play in February.

 

Luka Cindric, Metalurg’s playmaker

- This game has shown our potential but surely wasn’t the one to show our real strength. It’s time to start thinking about important matches ahead of us.