In Saturday’s duel of two medalists last year, the vice-champion of the handball extra league, Karviná, clearly won over the bronze defender Dukla Prague 31:20. Baník also won the second match in the new year and in the incomplete table he is second by the score behind Lovosice. On the other hand, Dukla is still without a point in the opening round after a close loss of one goal to Zubří.
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Karviná reinforcements (from left) Patrik Fulnek, Denis Harabiš and Jan Sobol in a debate with coach Michal Brůna.
Jiří Tomaškovič, Right
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At the top of the table are Lovosice, which, with a high victory of 37:27 on the Maloměřice field, followed up on the initial win against Frýdek-Místek. The guests succeeded despite the fact that they had to do without Jiří Motl’s support from the end of the first half. The 36-year-old former representative hit the goalkeeper Karel Zaplatílek in the head during a seven-meter throw and received a red card. Even without him, Lovosice won the second half 22:15.
Nové Veselí also has four points, defeating Kopřivnice at 33:30 and imitating the week-old success against championship Pilsen. Defenders of the title will play for the first points on Sunday in Frýdek-Místek.
“The attack worked for us in the second match in a row, but getting 30 goals is too much. We have a lot to improve there. We are looking forward to Dukla on Wednesday, we will enjoy it today and we will go to work again tomorrow,” said Nové Veselí coach Peter Kostka.
| Strabag Rail Extraliga Handball – Round 2 |
| Hranice – Jicin 23:30 (11:15) |
| Most goals: Lefan 6, Brož and Plaček after 3 – Kovařík 7, Šulc 5/1, Kastner 4. |
| Malomerice – Lovosice 27:37 (12:15) |
| Most goals: Dostalík 7, Kučera 5/1, Koubek 4 – Trkovský 9/1, Kupa and Kovář after 5. |
| Nove Veseli – Koprivnice 33:30 (15:12) |
| Most goals: Dodica and Bartůněk after 5, Burnazovič 5/2 – Grizelj 7/1, Petřík 5/3, Čadra 5. |
| Karvina – Dukla Praha 31:20 (15:10) |
| Most goals: V. Patzel and Jan Užek after 6, Solák 5 – Šůstek 6/4, M. Březina 4, Blecha 3. |
| 1. | Lovosice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72:55 | 4 |
| 2. | Karviná | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58:43 | 4 |
| 3. | Nové Veselí | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65:60 | 4 |
| 4. | Jicin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60:54 | 2 |
| 5. | Maloměřice | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57:56 | 2 |
| 6. | KP Brno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31:30 | 2 |
| 7. | Zubri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:24 | 2 |
| 8. | Talent team of the Pilsen region | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30:32 | 0 |
| 9. | Kopřivnice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53:60 | 0 |
| 10. | Frýdek-Místek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:35 | 0 |
| 11. | Dukla Prague | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44:56 | 0 |
| 12. | Border | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42:60 | 0 |
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