Confident Dinamo claim first win

Dinamo Bucuresti took their first win of this season’s VELUX EHF Champions League group phase, while IFK Kristianstad suffered their straight second defeat, on Wednesday evening in the Romanian capital.

The home team were in command of the match for most of the game and a 5:0 run in the second half settled the matter.

• Dinamo are now on three points, Kristianstad are still on zero
• Kristianstad had key players Olafur Gudmundsson and Jihed Jaballah back from injury, but that was not enough to claim the victory
• Dinamo’s largest lead of the match was six goals, during the second half
• Mihai Asoltanei top scored with six goals for Dinamo, Anton Halen five for Kristianstad

GROUP D
C.S. Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) vs IFK Kristianstad (SWE) 28:25 (13:10)

Apart from a few one-goal leads for Kristianstad at the beginning, Dinamo had the upper hand throughout the 60 minutes.

Compared to their 33:24 defeat to GOG, Kristianstad had captain Olafur Gudmundsson and line player Jihed Jaballah back from injury, but still, the visitors quickly fell behind.

Dinamo took a three-goal-lead midway through the half, which they managed to hold on to until half-time.

Two goals right at the beginning of the second half from Valter Chrintz, reduced the gap to one goal and gave Kristianstad some hope, but with 2,000 enthusiastic spectators behind them, Dinamo soon increased their lead again.

With a 5:0 run of goals, the home team went from 15:14 to 20:14 up, and although Kristianstad reduced the gap to two goals towards the end, they never really threatened the home side’s victory.