“Especially in the first half we had problems and didn’t play well. We have to see positive things as well. We were minus seven in the second half and we were able to knock and level out. Given how the match progressed, we have to be satisfied with a draw in the end. Sabate said.
The position of the favorite for the Czech team did not fit well. The northern Macedonians fired accurately, the pivots pushed through the force and Nikola Mitrevski played a life match in the goal. The Czechs failed on it many times.
The Czech handball players did not succeed in any of the beginnings of the halves, they had to catch up in the whole match. In the 35th minute, they lost by seven goals and the dream of developing a solid position for revenge was tatam. Although Tomáš Mrkva resisted the attacks in the goal, he even caught two sevens of the Macedonian star Kirila Lazarov, but it was not enough to win.
“I don’t think we played completely badly, but we didn’t change the chances. We were minus seven goals in places, so we probably take it,” said Matěj Kíma after the match.
“The Macedonians were strong at least in defense, we did not succeed in enforcing one on one and we need to better cover the game with a pivot,” Klíma added.
In the 52nd minute, the Macedonians had a comfortable five-goal lead, but in the final minutes they ran out of strength.
In the last five minutes, the guests could no longer score against the improved Czech defense and eventually lost the lead. The home team hit four times in a row, Kašpárek secured a draw before Sunday’s retaliation in a stormy environment in Skopje less than 10 seconds before the end.
The national team has not started at the World Championships since 2015, when it took 17th place in Qatar. In retaliation, the national team will try to retaliate against the Macedonians in the playoffs six years ago.
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