Motor made it to the playoffs handball Champions League

Zaporozhye “Motor” earlier secured a place in the next round of the Champions League.

Handball players of “Motor” going for a home match against sporting Clube de Portugal, already knew that in case of victory will receive a ticket to the playoffs of the Champions League. This fact is somewhat chilling effect wards Patrick Rombola.

In the course of the first half, “Motor” was inferior to the 7:10 and 9:12, but before the break managed to reduce the backlog to a minimum (14:15).
The key to the match was a jerk “Motor” 9:4 in the second half of the game. The owners ran into the lead on four goals and did not allow sporting to make a comeback (32:29).

“Motor” (Zaporozhye, Ukraine) – “Sporting” (Sporting, Portugal) – 32:29 (14:15)

Motor: Kireev,Terekhov, a Lump; Kubatko, Babichev(1), Malatinsky (8), Shevelev, Denisov (2), Gorodok (2), Kozakevich (6), Paczkowski (2), Schinkel (3), Forty (1), Tselishchev(K), Shelmenko (2), Puhovski (5).

For two rounds before the end of the group stage Motor broke away from the Turkish “Besiktas” on four points. Due to advantages in personal meetings, the Ukrainian Champions and second places go down.

Standings: Montpellier (France) – 14 points, Motor (Ukraine) – 11, Besiktas (Turkey) is 7, Lisbon (Portugal) – 6, metallurg (Macedonia) is 5, Chekhov Bears (Russia) – 3.

The knockout stages of the Champions League for an exit in the 1/8 finals to be held 21-25 February 28 Feb-4 March.

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