Last Sunday, SCM Ramnicu Valcea earned their first points in the current DELO EHF Champions season, winning at Podravka Vegeta 27:25.

The Romanian side did not have to wait long for another success, defeating Buducnost at home three days later, 25:23.

GROUP B
SCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) vs Buducnost (MNE) 25:23 (14:10)

• after claiming their first points at home, Valcea have four points and are ranked sixth in the Group B table; Buducnost are fifth-placed and stay on eight points
• the Romanian team got off to a better start, leading 5:1 by the ninth minute
• trailing by four goals at the break, Buducnost started a chase in the second half, as a string of goals by Allison Pineau and Majda Mehmedovic helped them to cut the deficit to 18:17 by the 48th minute
• however, the visitors never drew level, and Valcea clinched a two-goal win in the end
• it was Buducnost’s first defeat in the competition under head coach Bojana Popovic, who replaced Dragan Adzic in late November

Minevskaja makes an impact again

Evgenija Minevskaja, a German international with Belarusian ancestry, made a crucial contribution to both Valcea’s victories so far.

On Sunday against Podravka, the 28-year-old left back netted seven times, and in the match with Buducnost, she was her team’s best scorer once again, scoring six goals.