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Another Atletico victory agains the Romanian champion

kire 25 11 2012

Atletico Madrid - HCM Constanta 25:24 (12:11)

First home victory for the 2012 VELUX EHF FINAL4 finallist, but Atletico Madrid were again close to a failure after losing on home ground against Kiel and Veszprem. The Spaniards were – like in the first leg in Romania, when they were below until the final stages – the weaker team against Constanta, as the guests did not have any respect for Madrid. Thanks to their third victory Atletico confirmed the third rank, while Constanta remain on bottom with only two points. And like in the first match Constanta goalkeeper Mihia Popescu stood like a rock and shut up his shop in a defence orientated match. Madrid were not able to forge ahead, as the Constanta defence were tactically perfectly adapted to the Spaniard's style.

Though Madrid were away by four goals right before the break, Constanta reduced to only 11:12 after 30 minutes – and remained in a hunter's position in the second half. Though Atletico were in lead nearly all the time, they lacked confidence and were close to a draw in the final minute, but finally Nicolaj Markussen scored the decisive 25:24 in the dying time of the match. Top scorers in an unexpected thrilling match were Laurentiu Toma with six goals for Constanta and Kiril Lazarov and Roberto Garcia Parrondo with each four strikes for Madrid.

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