13
15:43
Mikhail Vinogradov
Goal for Russia, 6:6 by Mikhail Vinogradov
12
15:42
Augustin Casado
Goal for Spain, 5: 6 by Agustín Casado
Agustín Casado finds the gap in the center and nets it safely from a short distance.
12
15:42
Relatively free-standing, Mikhail Vinogradov from the middle loses the duel against the Spanish goalkeeper Rodrigo Corrales.
11
15:41
Igor Soroka
Goal for Russia, 5:5 by Igor Soroka
Russia pushes the pace and clears Igor Soroka six meters from the box.
11
15:40
Adria Figueras
Goal for Spain, 4:5 by Adrià Figueras
10
15:40
Pavel Andreev
Goal for Russia, 4:4 by Pavel Andreev
Pavel Andreev uses a nice pass from Aleksandr Kotov on the circle.
9
15:39
Augustin Casado
Goal for Spain, 3-4 by Agustín Casado
Another speed break via Agustín Casado puts the Iberians in the lead.
8th
15:39
Viktor Kireev immediately makes the next great save and fends off a free attempt by pivot Adrià Figueras.
7
15:38
Agustín Casado lost out to Russia goalkeeper Viktor Kireev from the inside left.
6
15:36
Augustin Casado
Goal for Spain, 3-3 by Agustín Casado
There’s the balance! Agustín Casado completed the second wave from seven meters.
5
15:35
Jorge Maqueda
Goal for Spain, 3-2 by Jorge Maqueda
Jorge Maqueda scored Spain’s second goal of the match from a central position.
5
15:35
Igor Soroka
Goal for Russia, 3:1 by Igor Soroka
5
15:35
phew! Adrià Figueras hammered the ball powerfully against the crossbar and missed the big chance.
4
15:34
Aleksandr Kotov
Goal for Russia, 2-1 by Aleksandr Kotov
In the counterattack, Aleksandr Kotov netted for the second time in the early stages.
4
15:33
Dmitriy Zhitnikov’s slap shot from nine meters out fails at Rodrigo Corrales, who starts between the posts for Spain.
3
15:33
Augustin Casado
Goal for Spain, 1-1 by Agustín Casado
Agustín Casado put the Spaniards on the scoreboard with a goal from eight meters in the middle.
2
15:32
On the other side, the Russian cover blocks Antonio Garcia’s first long-range throw.
2
15:31
Aleksandr Kotov
Goal for Russia, 1-0 by Aleksandr Kotov
Aleksandr Kotov opened the scoring with a successful throw from the inside right.
1
15:30
Let’s go in Bratislava – Spain is aiming for a fifth tournament win in five appearances against Russia!
15:25
The teams have just entered the hall and are currently being introduced. The game is led by the Danish referee team Mads Hansen and Jesper Madsen.
15:13
The Spaniards are the first team ever to qualify for the semi-finals for the sixth time in a row and win a European Championship medal for the fifth time in a row. The fact that the Iberians have this potential was painfully felt yesterday by the German handball players. “If we beat Russia it will look really good. We are in good form at the moment but that can change quickly. We have to be vigilant and shouldn’t talk too much about the semi-finals,” warned right winger Ferran Solé.
15:04
However, Russia also had to accept severe setbacks due to positive corona cases. “We can’t change that much because we’re missing two key players, Sergey Kosorotov and Daniil Shishkarev. We have some players in our current squad who didn’t play in pre-season, which makes things more difficult. But in this tournament you have to have high quality,” explains coach Velimir Petković. The Eastern Europeans are currently only in fifth place, but are still in the running with two points.
14:52
With three successes against Lithuania (29:27), Slovakia (36:27) and Norway (23:22), the Russian team entered the main round undefeated. In defence, in particular, coach Velimir Petković’s squad was very compact for the most part and benefited from numerous counter-attacks. The first defeat (23:29) in the tournament followed yesterday against Sweden. On the other hand, Spain was able to set a big exclamation mark against the German team (29:23) the day before and underpin their great ambitions. The Iberians have won all four games of this European Championship and are therefore on course for the semi-finals.
14:45
Hello and welcome to the second main round match day of the European Handball Championship! The Russian national team welcomes the defending champions Spain. It starts at 3:30 p.m. in the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava.