Bell before the rooms. AtticGo CBM Elche face off this Sunday at the Esperanza Lag pavilion (18:00, TeleElx). The first leg of the round of 16 of the EHF European Cup faced ZORK Jagodina.The leader of the Serbian league with the challenge of trying to get their qualifications back on track for the next round.
Unlike the previous two qualifiers played entirely in Elche, the team led by Joaquín Rocamora You need to achieve a good result in this first engagement. to face the best possible guarantees for the rematch in Serbia in two weeks.
There will be a team in front of you remains undefeated in their local competitions and in the previous European tour (they only had to play once), they won a split 53-45 on aggregate, leaving Greek Anagennisi Artas by the wayside.
change of dynamics
AtticGo Elche one in spades good dynamics of resultsAfter managing to add two consecutive wins in the Iberdrola Guerreras League, which promoted the team to sixth place and allowed him to leave the lower region he occupied before the break to play in the European Tag Team Championship.
Rocamora, who cannot rely on Ivet Musons for this commitment due to his injury, reminded that his opponent won all the games they played this season “with an average of 30 goals scored in only 20 games”, and drew attention to a good game moment of his opponent. acceptance”.
Emphasizing that ZORK Jagodina is a competitor, Oriolan coach said, “They have a 6-0 defense, which is the type of defense that costs us the most due to the size of our players.” Two key positions, with pivot and decisive players in the goal.
Regarding personal names, the Balkans top scorer in the EHF European Cup Katarina Bojicic (12 goals) followed by Aneta Adzic (10 goals). Scoring leaders for the French and Greens are Danila So Delgado (17 goals) and Tessa van Zijl and Zaira Benítez (11 goals each).
To continue on their way to the quarter-finals, Elche keeps in mind that they must ring the bell. First in Elche and then in Serbian territory. Any goal can be a setter. “It’s going to be very difficult and there is a comeback, but we hope to keep up with the competition and the draw,” said the coach of the “Franjiverdes fighters”.
To reiterate its presence among the top eight of the second European Cup
This round of 16 has historical implications for AtticGo Elche, as Elche club will get the best results if they beat the Serbs.
Last season, Rocamora’s students advanced to the quarter-finals of the EHF European Cup, losing to Rocasa Gran Canaria for the first time. A year later they will at least try to repeat the same result.
Jagodina has a greater international background as he has only been outside Europe once since his 2010 debut. Their best results are in the round of 16. He was relegated twice in the previous Champions League.