France are ready to take a second victory at the 2023 Men's World Championship against a least-experienced team in Group B, Saudi Arabia. The second match of the day in Spodek Arena brings a crucial clash for co-hosts Poland, who will try to make their amends in front of 11,000 fans and defeat Slovenia.
Slovenia pass Poland after hard-earned victory EHF / Björn Pazen09 March 2021, 21:52 Share URL via E-Mail Copy URL to clipboard
For 40 minutes, the top duel of group 5 was really neck-to-neck, then finally Slovenia took the upper hand to leave Poland behind, 32;29. Even eight goals from top scorer Szymon Sicko were not enough for Poland to take the points from Celje.
GROUP 5:
32:29 (15:14)
Having five points from three matches, Slovenia took the lead in this group, passing the Poles, who remain on four points.
The match was on the edge until the 19:19 tie in minute 36, then Slovenia scored a crucial 6:2 run for 25:21 including three strikes from Gasper Marguc.