Amazing victory of Dinamo in the Handball Champions League. What chances of qualification do the Romanians have

Amazing victory of Dinamo in the Handball Champions League. What chances of qualification do the Romanians have

Dinamo achieved a great victory against the German team Fuchse Berlin, score 38-31 (18-19), on Thursday evening, in the Multipurpose Hall in the capital, in Group A of the Men’s Handball Champions League.

The first half was a balanced one, with neither team having a lead greater than one goal. At the break, the visitors had one more goal on the table, 19-18. Dinamo dominated the second half, which it started with three consecutive goals. The team coached by David Davis broke away at the end, from 31-30, achieving a dream performance, in which they scored 7 times and conceded only one goal.

Dinamo scared the Germans, on Halloween. Facebook photo

Haniel Vinicius Inoue Langaro and Yoav Lumbroso each scored 5 goals for Dinamo, Branko Vujovic 3, Frederik Ladefoged Blazejewicz 3, Stanislav Kasparek 3, Miklos Rosta 3, Ante Kuduz 3, Andrii Akimenko 3, Ali Zein 3, Nicuşor Negru 2, Haukur Thrastarson 2, Alex Pascual Garcia 2, Darko Djukic 1. Ionuţ Iancu finished with 10 interventions (35.71%), and Vladimir Cupara had 2 (13.33%).

Dinamo’s next match, also against Fuchse

Dinamo will play the next match on November 21, in Berlin, the rematch with last season’s finalist in the EHF European League and also the vice-champion of Germany. With 10 points from 7 games, at the end of the round of the group phase, the “dulais” are in 3rd place in the ranking and are almost certain of qualifying for the playoff (eighties) of the competition. With a strong return, Dinamo could finish in one of the first two positions, which ensures direct qualification to the quarter-finals.

In the matches played on Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain Handball defeated Sporting Lisbon 30-28, and Orlen Wisla Plock lost at home to Veszprem HC, score 24-27. In another match played on Thursday, Eurofarm Pelister Bitola beat the Danish team Fredericia Handbold Klub 25-23, away.

Ranking Group A, Handball Champions League

1. Veszprem HC 12 points

2. PSG Handball 12

3. CS Dinamo 10

4. Sporting 9

5. Fuchse Berlin 6

6. Eurofarm Pelister 3

7. Orlen Wisla Plock 2

8. Fredericia 2

Adrian Stoica

Adrian Stoica

Adrian is the founder and the visionary behind Cluj Napoca, a media platform committed to capturing and sharing the vibrant stories of Cluj-Napoca and Romania with an international audience. A graduate in international journalism from the University of Bucharest and holder of a Master’s in Cultural Studies from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Adrian has a robust educational background that equips him to understand and analyze the complexities of his native region's culture and history.