Branko Tamše suffered the first defeat on the PPD Zagreb bench. Croatian champions are expected to be defeated on a roster in Paris, where the home team routinely did the job and came to a point from winning the first place in the group that brings them direct placement in the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League. Former coach Celje Pivovarna Lasko, this is how he saw the issue of his team:
We opened the match well, we were at 8: 8. We did not play the defense so I wanted to, and then it came to 5, 6 black minutes. Instead of -4, we finished half at -6. We opened the other half so we would not want to. He went to the host at -9, and then we showed character in about 10-15 minutes. Paris was better, but I congratulate the boys on some details and moves. The defense was too silky, but we need to know that we played against the strongest players in the strongest club by budget. Let’s go, we gave the chance to all players. They are all good except Jotic who got an unbelievable blow in the gates. Against Flensburg we head to head, „Tamese said.
