Dinamo Bucharest Defeats Skjern Handball 38-34 in Exciting Second Leg Battle

After an impressive first leg, won by Dinamo Bucharest 28:27, the second meeting between the Romanians and Skjern Håndbold promised great excitement. Despite the home advantage, the latter only got into the game slowly; Bucharest had already scored two goals to make it 6-4 (8th).

Even after that, the hosts held the upper hand with Vladimir Cupara strong in the goal and forced the first period after Denmark after a quarter of an hour when the score was 11:8. This was followed by no revolution from Skjern, but an intermediate sprint by the Romans up to 14:8 (21st). Even a straight red card for Robert Militaru could not prevent Dinamo from putting their opponents away until 20:12 before the break.

After the break, the Danes rebelled and conceded goal after goal. In the 44th minute, Xavier Pascual Fuertes called time out when the score was 27:23, Skjern still needed five goals to equalize the deficit in the two games. However, this burden was too high: Joaquim Nazare’s red card further weakened the home team, and Bucharest finally played the final minutes with confidence down to 38:34.

Skjern Handball: Bonde (9 Paraden), Winkler (2/1 Paraden); Gaudin 10, V. Bergholt 4, Mikkelsen 4/3, E. Bergholt 3, R. Rasmussen 3, J. Rasmussen 3, Nazaré 3, Bjergfelt 2, Buric 2, Pettersen, Vinther, Jönsson, Andersen

Dinamo Bucharest: Cupara (11 Paraden), Cozmaciuc; Kuduz 8, Kukic 7, Cindric 7, Dedu 4, Akimenko 3/1, Negru 2, Kasparek 2, Bokhan 1, Zein 1, Racotea, Pascual Garcia, Stanciuc, Militaru

Zuschauer: 3178 (Arena Banca Skjern, Skjern)
Referee: Denis Bolic / Christoph Hurich (AUT)
Penalty minutes: 6/6
Disqualification: Nazaré (55th) / Militaru (19th)