GROUP B REVIEW: 200th Champions League victory for the Hungarian record champions
Telekom Veszprém are joint top the Group B table after a straight-forward and well-deserved 37:25 win against HC PPD Zagreb. The tie was Veszprém's 200th EHF Champions League victory.
Group B:
Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) vs HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) 37:25 (18:12)
- After the 31:21 loss in their opener against Kiel, it was the second double-figured defeat for Zagreb - and the ninth defeat against Veszprém in total.
- Zagreb have not beaten Veszprém in more than 20 years.
- Until the 21st minute (13:10 deficit for Zagreb), the guests were quite close, before Veszprém forged ahead to their first double-digit gap (26:16) in the 39th minute.
- French World and EHF EURO champion Kentin Mahe (1/1) had his international comeback for Veszprém.
- Zagreb will host Aalborg in their next match; Veszprém travel to Zaporozhye.
Top scorer from Egypt
Yahia Khaled Fathy Omar scored three times in the opening 28:24 victory in Nantes, and now became Veszprém’s top shooter in the one-sided match against Zagreb with his six goals.
The 23-year-old right back was born in Giza and hopes for huge success in January, when the World Championship will be staged in his Egyptian hometown.
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EHF / Björn Pazen