Kiril Lazarov in the “Club 1000″
The biggest Macedonian handball star and one of the best right backs in the last decade, Kiril Lazarov joined "Club 1000″. In his last appearance for the NT against Portugal 25:32 in the EHF EURO 2014 qualification, Lazarov scored 9 goals, what was enough for breaking record of 1000 goals in NT career.
The worst macedonian match in last few years
Portugal - Macedonia 32:25 (18:13)
Unexpected, sensational, surprising: Only three days after they had been clashed by Spain by 14 goals, Portugal rose like Phoenix from the ashed against Fyr Macedonia and shocked their opponents, the fifth ranked team at the EHF EURO 2012. The Balkan team, which had started their campaign by an easy-going win against Switzerland, could not cope with the Portuguese way of defending.
Magic night for macedonian handball players
Macedonia - Switzerland 30:24 (17:9)
The Swiss team was weaker in all departments, while the Macedonians punished every mistake of their opponents by easy goals. The host's defence stood like a wall, allowing Switzerland only nine goals in the first half. When the Macedonian express was in full swing, they were unstoppable and had decided the one-sided encounter already at half-time, with the score being 17:9.
Lazarov: „It’s hard to be captain of 20 unhappy players„
At the press-conference that the Macedonian national team held ahead of the game against Switzerland tomorrow night at 20:00, a rather unusual situation occured. The press was attended and opened by the captain Kiril Lazarov and coach Zvondo Sundovski, while the people from the handball federation were absent.
Savehof sensationally beat Atletico Madrid
The 37th match of this VELUX EHF Champions League season ended with the biggest surprise by now: Swedish champions IK Sävehof sensationally beat the favoured three times EHF Champions League winner Atletico Madrid and even overtook the Spaniards in the ranking.
Hombrados successfully operated on
Jose Javier Hombrados was operated on this morning at Clinica Cemtro in Madrid to reconstruct goalkeeper's left knee anterior cruciate ligament, torn during Sunday's match versus Veszprem, at the third round of the Champions League. Dr. Pedro Guillen, who has leaded the surgery, explained at its end that everything has gone "very well". This Wednesday the player will leave the hospital.
Nagy seals the deal for Veszprem at Madrid
Atletico Madrid - MKB Veszprem 26:27 (13:15)
What a return to Spain for Laszlo Nagy: In his first match on Spanish ground after moving to Hungary the former FC Barcelona striker played an outstanding match for his new club MKB Veszprem, saving the Hungarians a highly important but also dramatic victory. Nagy have not only been the top scorer of the match with ten goals, but also scored the final two strikes for Veszprem from 25:26 to 27:26 in the last 70 seconds.
VIDEO: Lazarov and Croatia - a winning combination
Not only many years played in Croatia and has a series of fans in this country, our best handball player has an great connection with this country, so often used as an ideal family holiday destination. "Here I m for the third time for the vacation in Dubrovnik. Once played for Zagreb, we came here to play in the semifinals of the Croatian Cup and I immediately liked the city.
Great Lazarov performance in Slovenia
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško - Atlético Madrid 22:28 (15:13)
Despite 13 saves of brilliant goalkeeper Matevž Skok the young Celje squad were without a chance against the Spanish champions and took their second defeat after losing at Veszprém in Round 1. Runners-up of the previous season from Madrid won their first points in this VELUX EHF Champions League season after losing their home opener to defending champions THW Kiel.
Kiel take Atleticos fortress
The host was cheered by standing ovations after the final whistle, but the guests danced on the field: Atletico Madrid and THW Kiel showed a brilliant opening match attended by more than 8800 spectators, but like in the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2012, Kiel were the deserved 32:27 (17:15) winners. "I am very happy with the triumph because we have new players and we need time to improve like Madrid with their new faces in the team," THW coach Alfred Gislason said: "This victory is highly important because we didn't start really good the Bundesliga and we need this victory for gaining self assurance."
