Men's EHF EURO 2026 post-match flash quotes: 25 January
MALMÖ – Comments from players and coaches after matches in Men's EHF EURO 2026 main round group II on Sunday.
SLOVENIA vs HUNGARY 35:32 (15:17)
Uroš Zorman (SLO) – Slovenia head coach
On the victory against Hungary and the talk at half-time:
“We talked in locker room that we were missing a little bit energy in the first half, we were not so hyped like we wanted. In the end they woke up and we start today the second half like we should also start against Sweden. Congratulations to my players, they are really doing something great and it’s a pleasure to be a coach of Slovenia.”
On playing dramatic matches:
“Without drama it’s impossible, because we are not a team on that level that can beat someone with 10 goals, 11, that you will come in the end without drama. This is how we are and this is the most important to show character and team spirit and I think that this won the game.”
Domen Tajnik (SLO) – centre back
On the match:
“We know it will be a tough game. At the beginning we start a little bit without energy. Because of this the result was two, three goals all the first 10 minutes for Hungary. Then in the second half we communicate in the locker room what we need to fix with this seven against six attack of them, and I think that in the end we deserve these two points.”
On the second half:
“The second half was a lot better than the first half, also the goalkeeper (Jože Baznik) helps us a lot. Defence was a key point in this game, and because of very good defence we scored one, two, three easy goals and because of this it’s a lot easier in attack.”
On the next game, against Croatia:
“We all know what the next game means for everyone, for us and for Croatia. This Balkan derby, we can say it like this, everyone know each other, there will be no surprise. I think it will be a very tough game. We will prepare like every game up until now, and I hope we will win.”
On surpassing expectations:
“Before the tournament the general public didn’t expect results like this from us. I think the best thing in our team is that we have really good chemistry, you can see this on the court. I think it’s easier than no-one counts on us to play like this. I hope we will continue like this.”
José Rodríguez (ESP) – Hungary head coach
On the defeat against Slovenia:
“I think we make the same work now in first half then in the second half, was a little bit like Switzerland. Was totally different first half to second half, but I think we have easy shots that we missed.
“His goalkeeper (Jože Baznik) saved more in the second half, we had problems in the balance in the second half when they recovered the ball for go down and they score easy goals. And then small details, sometimes you can win, sometimes you can lose and in this tournament we are losing more than winning.”
Máté Ónodi-Jánoskúti (HUN) – right back
On the match:
“I don’t know what happened in the half-time, but in the second half we don’t play so good. We miss some shots and defence wasn’t the best, like in the first half.
“We will watch it back and after we will see what we want to change. Now it’s hard to say something, because we lose.”
On another close match:
“We knew before the game it would be a tough game for us, because they play good handball. I think in the first half we play very good, so I don’t know what happened in the second half.
“We have two more games and we want to win everything.”
Patrik Ligetvári (HUN) – left back
On the match:
“How we start the match was really good and how we planned it. We tried to play seven against six against them, and it was working for almost all the match, we had chances to shoot easier against the goalkeeper. Until half-time it was working.”
On the last 10 minutes of the match:
“We tried to take some risks and steal some balls, and to take some fast goals to recover the result. In this case you have chance to recover the result, and you have chance also to get rid.
“I am disappointed but I am really proud of the team, because we were fighting until the end.”
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