Irun progress, Motor can still hope
Despite a defeat in Düsseldorf against HC Motor, Bidasoa Irun could celebrate an EHF European League Men Last 16 place on Tuesday night, thanks to round 9 losses for both Aguas Santas Milaneza and HC Eurofarm Pelister.
HC Motor and Eurofarm Pelister are both still in the running for the Last 16 and face a crucial clash against each other in Bitola next week to decide the last spot from the group, with a draw enough for the hosts to proceed. However, Aguas Santas are now eliminated.
We did a very good match today, and I really appreciate the big support of our audience. They gave us the energy to fight hard for this win.
I am very proud of my team, that they can deliver such a concentrated effort in a game that, on paper, doesn’t have any influence on our standing in our group. I am happy about the fact that we got to use some of the players who doesn’t normally get that much time in the field and that we got to try some new things in defence.
We had some problems with their seven against six tactics but managed to get some easy goals after several minutes. For us it is good to secure the next win and go with maximum points to the next round.”
