AtticGo CBM Elche confirmed their entry into the top eight teams in the EHF European Cup with a convincing performance against ZORK Jagodina, which they again defeated in the last 16 second round. The players, led by Joaquín Rocamora, went with the lesson from the previous round and did not allow any slot where the Serbs dreamed of knocking out a dozen goals in the first game.

The Elche women were clear that any option for the Serbs to return to the draw was over the top of the game. This could not have been better for the interests of Rocamora’s students, as Van Zijl and Moré scored the first two goals of the match, and Gascó scored almost three times in a row. “Warriors” didn’t lower the defensive density, and a few definitions by Celia Guilabert opened up a comfortable gap on the scoreboard (2-6, min 8). The excellent income from the Esperanza Delay was safe.

The Serbs received the threat of a backlash and approached two distances. It was time to check the initial tense situation and the green-greens responded with Moré and So Delgado, who were in controls until the timeout, got their first income back and went to the locker room, securing 99% of their quarterfinal tickets. , because they added four more after 12 goals ahead of the first game (9-13, min.30).

Act two only served to confirm the classification of Elche women who received that half hour as quality education. Rather than relax, they increased the distance to a maximum of seven (14-21, min.41). The final score was 24-27 (total draw: 43-58), with Wolfs being the top scorer on Serbian soil, scoring 6 goals.

Thus, AtticGo Elche reached the quarter-finals for the second time in a row in a European competition for the second time in its history. Last year, Rocasa Gran Canaria interrupted the “green-fringed warriors” continental dream. This is Elche women want to go one step further.

match paper

ZORK JAGODINA: Hlogyik (s), Radivojevic (ps), Djurasinovic (ps); Adzic (4), Kojcic (8), Simatovic, Pejovic (2), Sukur (1), Gugac, Radevic (1), Markovic, Bojicic, Bogunovic (3), Stojanovic and Mitrovic (4).

ATTICGO CBM ELCHE: Rodrigues (p), Morales (ps); Zhukova, Van Zijl (2), Oppedal (2), Guilabert (5), Méndez, Andreu, SoDelgado (2), Gascó (4), Flores, Benítez (2), Wolfs (6), Bernabé, Alexandra do Nascimento ( 1) and More (3).

SCORE EVERY 5′: 1-4, 3-6, 5-7, 5-9, 7-12, 9-13 (rest); 10-16, 13-19, 18-22, 21-23, 22-26 and 24-27.

REFEREES: Charalambous and Efstathiou. They excluded Markovic (2) for locals and Méndez, Bernabé, Oppedal, Zhukova (2) and Guilabert for visitors.

PAVILLION: Jassa Sports (Jagodina). Global draw: 58-43 in favor of AtticGoElche.