Day 8 – Debrecen
DebrecenRomania stayed up, leading all the way to beat Sweden
In the match between Romania and Sweden, the first goal was scored by the Blues, but
Romania quickly took the lead. The first half saw six goals between the two teams, with the
Reds leading 10-4 and 12-6. The teams went into the break with a 12-8 Romanian lead. At
the beginning of the second half, the Swedes could not get any closer to their opponents.
However, after Alisia-Lorena Boiciuc’s disqualification, the Nordics came back and equalised
in the 56th minute through Olivia Löfqvist. Then came the winning move from Florentin Pera,
Raluca Kelemen came into the goal and stops every Swedish attempts to win the match for
Romania. Bianca Bazaliu was voted as Grundfos Player of the Match.
France moves closer to semi-final with a clear win against Montenegro
The battle of the two group-winner started better for France. By the end of the third minute,
they were 3-0 up and they kept increasing their lead. To add to the first half’s chronicle,
Orlane Kanor was disqualified for a foul on Tatjana Brnović. After that, the Montenegrins
managed to close the gap, with 15-11 on the scoreboard at the break. The second half
started better for the Whites, who increased their lead after a seven-minute complete goal
drought. After the 50th minute, the Montenegrins were nine goals down on several
occasions, but in the end the crowd of just over 2000 spectators could applaud the French
victory 31-23. Laura Glauser was awarded as Grundfos Player of the Match.
Hungary beat Poland with a stunning game
At the beginning of the match, the almost three thousand spectators witnessed an interesting
scene, as Greta Kácsor got sick between the two anthems and had to go to the bench.
However, this did not disturb the Hungarian national team, as they started the match much
better than their opponents. The home side in red shirts had the lead throughout and by the
break the score was eight between the two teams. By the 36th minute the Hungarian team's
lead had grown to ten goals, but the Poles closed to seven with a 3-0 run. However, this
didn’t faze the Reds, who scored again after a timeout by Vladimir Golovin, and by the 45th
minute the score was back to 10 goals between the two teams. After that, the difference was
between nine and eleven goals and the final score was 31-21. Petra Vámos was awarded as
Grundfos Player of the Match.