Spanish „machine„ to strong for Macedonia

Macedonia - Spain 17:24 (7:13)

Courtesy to a brilliant start and a strong defence Spain kept their clean record in the EHF EURO 2014 qualification. In their first official match after becoming world champions in January, Spain dominated the hosts throughout the entire match at will.

As Macedonia missed their first five attacks - including a penalty shot, Spain could power away with a 4:0 lead and extended the gap easily as the number of mistakes in the Macedonian attack did not decrease until the break. It took Macedonia 22 minutes until they had scored five goals, and only their strong defence prevented them from an even bigger gap.

However, in the final minutes of the first half, Spain forged ahead to a seven goal lead – which proved too big for Macedonia as they could not catch up after the break. By allowing Macedonian top star Kiril Lazarov to score only one goal in 60 minutes, Spain built the base for the clear victory, which was not threatened any point. The biggest gap was eight goals at 23:15. Top scorers were Victor Tomas (Spain) with five goals and the Macedonian trio Mirkulovski, Mojsovski and Nedanovski with three goals each.