Romania has already fulfilled its objective at Euro 2024, having qualified in the main group and implicitly among the first 12 teams of the continent. Everything that comes next is a bonus, but our handball players want to make the most of it, especially since our team is the youngest since the final tournament.
The “crazy gang” was equal to France for 50 minutes (25-30 at the end) and dominated Sweden from one end to the other, in the biggest victory of the national team in recent years. After 25-23 in front of the Nordics, favorites for a medal, the EHF experts recognized the merits of our team
Romania controlled the match with Sweden
“The start of the EHF Euro 2024 main group stage was far from ideal for Romania, who still had zero points after losing their first match to France. But the young team proved they deserve to be at this stage of the competition and controlled the match against Sweden from start to finish, securing a crucial 25-23 win.
Lorena Ostase, one of Romania’s heroines. Facebook photo
Romania showed determination from the start, taking the lead in the first minutes of the game, and did not give up until the end. Sweden managed to come close a few times and even equalize, but despite the more experienced players, they couldn’t keep up with the Romanians“, wrote the journalists from EHF.com.
The Romanian offensive, too strong
The Romanian offensive proved too strong and managed to get the first victory against Sweden after 16 years: they haven’t won since the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 (34-30). The two teams are now tied in Group I, with two points each.”
concluded the EHF specialists.
Surprisingly, Romania can get the 2nd place in the group and the qualification in the aces box for Euro 2024. It is very difficult, but not impossible, if our girls, seen as outsiders before the start of the competition, will win against Hungary and Poland, and the Hungarians will lose either with Poland (today, 19.00) or with France (Tuesday, 19.00).
