Metalurg end bad tradition versus Nexe

Металург ја прекина лошата традиција против Нексе

Metalurg - Nexe 3 (14/15)

Macedonian champions Metalurg have finally managed to end bad tradition against NEXE and beat Croatian vice-champions in Skopje 23:21 (11:11). Metalurg have also managed to end their 0-4 series and enter the new year with important points.

Important for Metalurg was that coach Červar had all the experienced players in his roster, Naumče Mojsovski, Vančo Dimovski, Dejan Manaskov, Ace Jonoski as well as brothers Nikola and Velko Markoski. That has in the end decided the match.

Guest were able to stay close to Metalurg, even finish the first half with a draw but in the end it was visible that their lack of experience will cost them today. Mirkulovski played an important role, Vugrinec scored 8 goals and Misovski had 12 saves, 9 in the second half giving attack a huge boost of confidence.

Lino Červar - Metalurg’s coach

We were playing with a rejuvenated team today and I have to say I congratulate all of my players on a good match. They have proved they wanted to play and win today. There were dome mistakes and we’ll work to reduce them ahead of upcoming duels. We’ll need patience to create a team which can play on a high level for 60 minutes. Defence won the game today in my opinion.

Borjan Madzovski - Metalurg’s player

Good match for us today. We’ve managed to stick to coach’s pre-match instructions and win importat points. We’ve had some mistakes in attack as well as in defence but that is normal. Important is that we’ve fought through all 60 minutes and as I already mentioned won 3 points.

Zdenko Kordi - Nexe’s coach

We were aware how good team we were going to face today despite of the fact that it was uncertain which players we’ll face exactly. I’ve told my players that Metalurg has a good coach, well discipline and playing system. We were unfortunatelly a bit nervous today and the result is a loss. However, I have to say there were moments when we were playing as I wanted, organized handball with all players working together, as a team.

Perica Lelić - Nexe’s player

Some parts of our game were good, like defence, and some were not. This was a match with not so many goals and when you have too many technical mistakes in such a match you end up losing it. Well deserved win for Metalurg in the end.