REVIEW: The opening European League game of the season was an up and down affair
One of last season’s surprise packages Trimo Trebnje produced another surprise result on Friday night, storming to a six-goal victory over TTH Holstebro.
The Slovenian side knew they had their hands full in their opening qualification round against 2019 EHF Finals participants but they overcame a slow start to give themselves a fighting chance in next week’s second leg in Denmark.
EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN – QUALIFICATION ROUND 1
RK Trimo Trebnje vs TTH Holstebro 31:25 (14:14)
- Holstebro raced into an early 8:4 lead, driven by Nikolaj Markussen, who joined from Veszprém over the summer
- offensive errors and quickfire counter-attacking brought Trebnje back into the game right before half-time
- the home side were buoyed by that and took control in the second half with Gasper Horvat and Mihajlo Radojkovic scoring for fun
- a last-second illegal block by Jonas Gade earned him a red card and handed a penalty to Trebnje, which was scored by Mihajlo Radojkovic to extend their cushion to six goals
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Chris