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Quote from: Trofo on January 19, 2020, 04:37:22 AM

Very good result for Croatia yesterday. Keep in mind we won against Germany in the game were we didn't use properly situations when German players got 2 minutes, we missed first 3 or 4 shots from 7 meters and our goalkeeper had one save until last 10 minutes. Really don't know what to think about this team. They play by far the best defense and nobody can stop Duvnjak, Karacic & Cindric in the attack but then we have worst 7 meters conversion ratio in the championship, we don't use our wings in the attack at all and our keepers often don't show for the game. I have never seen such lack of balance in the team fighting for the medals.

Yesterday was good day for me betting wise and hopefully it will be the same today. I am picking all the favorites to win today, Slovenia and Norway are given but odds show that as well. Portugal is my main match with odds @1,75 for their win against Island.

It's all right what you said, we probably have the best defense and the worst attack and yet we push well and win Grin

I think in such tough and tense matches, the psychology and character of the players is much more important than some statistical indicators.
It seems to me that Cindric stated that he saw fear in the eyes of German players towards the end and that he was sure of victory then.

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Thats how we roll! Probably our worst game on tournament so far and still managed to beat Germany.
What a match... Not too nice, but intense. I got my first gray streak right in the front of the TV watching this game last night. Grin

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Very good result for Croatia yesterday. Keep in mind we won against Germany in the game were we didn't use properly situations when German players got 2 minutes, we missed first 3 or 4 shots from 7 meters and our goalkeeper had one save until last 10 minutes. Really don't know what to think about this team. They play by far the best defense and nobody can stop Duvnjak, Karacic & Cindric in the attack but then we have worst 7 meters conversion ratio in the championship, we don't use our wings in the attack at all and our keepers often don't show for the game. I have never seen such lack of balance in the team fighting for the medals.

Yesterday was good day for me betting wise and hopefully it will be the same today. I am picking all the favorites to win today, Slovenia and Norway are given but odds show that as well. Portugal is my main match with odds @1,75 for their win against Island.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on January 18, 2020, 05:01:54 PM

A very even and uncertain match.
Germany did most of the match better and led but in the end Croatia showed character, turned over and won.
Croatia is now in the semifinals and everything is possible.
I think the match with Spain will show if they really have the quality for gold medal.

Tough game tonight, even tougher than i thought it will be. I knew that Germany plays some tough defense, but still they got me surprised, even our team was surprised by their tenacity and aggressiveness.
Then again, our handball team played so many tough games like that in the past, that it couldn't be any easier than this. At some point, in the beginning of the first half i thought that we can't get back, but luckily i was wrong.

In the semifinals i would definitely like to avoid Norway. Slovenia or Portugal seems like a bit weaker and kinda easier opponents.

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Quote from: Trofo on January 18, 2020, 10:41:53 AM

Spain should win easily against Austria and I have them on most of my tickets as a way to boost the odds a little. I managed to get 1.25 so it isn't something to just ignore.

Big game today is Croatia against Germany. Maybe I am biased a little but I have a feeling we will be good tonight. I played Croatia not to lose @1.55. Didn't check the odds and line for under in this match but the more I think about this one I think we will have a low scoring encounter. Croatia is playing very good defense in this tournament and our attack is missing goals from long ranged shots which will be felt against Wincek and that other guy in the middle of Germany defense. Maybe I will put some money on that as well. Especially if the line is placed high enough. I would take under 55.5 immediately but I have a feeling that line will be closer to 50 which is a bit to risky.

A very even and uncertain match.
Germany did most of the match better and led but in the end Croatia showed character, turned over and won.
Croatia is now in the semifinals and everything is possible.
I think the match with Spain will show if they really have the quality for gold medal.

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Spain should win easily against Austria and I have them on most of my tickets as a way to boost the odds a little. I managed to get 1.25 so it isn't something to just ignore.

Big game today is Croatia against Germany. Maybe I am biased a little but I have a feeling we will be good tonight. I played Croatia not to lose @1.55. Didn't check the odds and line for under in this match but the more I think about this one I think we will have a low scoring encounter. Croatia is playing very good defense in this tournament and our attack is missing goals from long ranged shots which will be felt against Wincek and that other guy in the middle of Germany defense. Maybe I will put some money on that as well. Especially if the line is placed high enough. I would take under 55.5 immediately but I have a feeling that line will be closer to 50 which is a bit to risky.

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Results from today's matches in group II

Slovenia vs Iceland 30 : 27
Norway vs Hungary 36 : 29
Portugal vs Sweden 35 : 25

By far biggest surprise is the way Portugal completely destroyed and humiliated Sweden, that was playing home. This was the first Portugal game i watched in a while, and i had no idea that they can be so good, it looks we have new power rising.
Norway was also very convincing, they look extremely good and powerful, and for me they are after Spain the main contenders for the title.

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We were great in defense yesterday, playing like that gives a lot of easy goals through counterattacks.

We have Germany next, it is a must win game for them so playing good in defense could frustrate them from the beginning. If we win that one we are probably through to the semifinals, we should beat Czech Republic so we need a win either vs Germany or vs Spain. I'd rather that we do not have to win against Spain, they are probably the main contenders for the gold now.

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Yep, a big game for Croatia tonight. A win would be a huge step towards the semifinal.

A medal is something that was not really expected before the tournament so reaching the semifinals would be a good result for us. From there, anything is possible.

This will be the biggest event in history for croatia, and I see that they're doing great in every performances. Their capability and coordination to take over an opponent was the biggest asset to win the game. We will see them shining over the finals, and I guess it's more exciting to watch them growling the balls towards every goals.

Ok I agree that Croatian national team playing well at the moment and have good results but it's to early to predict anything.
They still didn't play with the best teams in the Euro.
Croatia many times in the last 7-8 years started well in different competitions only to loose in the matches for medal.
We didn't play in any Final for almost decade so better not to have to much high expatations now.
In the past we had even better teams but couldn't achieve good results.
"Biggest event in history of Croatia!?"
I really don’t think so, final in world cup in Russia in 2018 can come in this cathegory but not this competition.
After all, everybody know that this EURO is only preparation for the main sport event this year, olimpic games.

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Quote from: djgtr on January 16, 2020, 01:33:54 PM

Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2020, 03:43:36 AM

Yep, a big game for Croatia tonight. A win would be a huge step towards the semifinal.

A medal is something that was not really expected before the tournament so reaching the semifinals would be a good result for us. From there, anything is possible.

This will be the biggest event in history for croatia, and I see that they're doing great in every performances. Their capability and coordination to take over an opponent was the biggest asset to win the game. We will see them shining over the finals, and I guess it's more exciting to watch them growling the balls towards every goals.

Biggest event in the history of Croatia? Not even close.

Croatian handball team is one of the most successful one in the last approximately 20 years. We were 2x Olympic champions, World champions, with bunch of 2nd and 3rd places so we got used to win stuff. Albeit this team is not as good as previous ones, so we have kinda lower expectations. No one is expecting from them to win the gold, but medal is certainly something we hoped for ( but not expected).
For me personally reaching semifinals is decent enough, everything else is bonus.

Regarding results last night, everything went as planned.
Croatia vs Austria 27 : 23
Spain vs Czech Republic 31 : 25
Belarus vs Germany 23 : 31

Today's fixtures:
Slovenia vs Iceland
Norway vs Hungary
Portugal vs Sweden

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Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2020, 03:43:36 AM

Yep, a big game for Croatia tonight. A win would be a huge step towards the semifinal.

A medal is something that was not really expected before the tournament so reaching the semifinals would be a good result for us. From there, anything is possible.

This will be the biggest event in history for croatia, and I see that they're doing great in every performances. Their capability and coordination to take over an opponent was the biggest asset to win the game. We will see them shining over the finals, and I guess it's more exciting to watch them growling the balls towards every goals.

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Just watching our guys play, everything going according to the plan from the beginning of the match. We are leading by 5 goals at halftime and it could have been even more. I am most impressed with Duvnjak in defense. When he plays the front one in 5:1 defense it really looks unbreakable.

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I didn’t bet on Croatia to win this tournament before the start, only looked at the really high price, it was around 15/1
Than I missed an opportunity last week when it was 10/1....
Now looking at the bookies, Croatia is around ~6/1 to win the tournament, and I will not miss that chance Grin

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Quote from: cryptofrka on January 16, 2020, 03:43:36 AM

Yep, a big game for Croatia tonight. A win would be a huge step towards the semifinal.

A medal is something that was not really expected before the tournament so reaching the semifinals would be a good result for us. From there, anything is possible.

We will have to play much better than that game against Serbia, as Austria can be dangerous, especially since they are playing at the home court, so we can expect different treatment from the referees.
We have good defense, but we are not so convincing outside, that's the area we have to improve.

I agree that no one expected much from our team, so i would say that semifinals would be seen as success , and after that who knows. Good thing is that Spain is in our group, so if we move on we can play against them only in the finals , or for the 3rd place. There are some good teams in the Group 2 of course, but i would rather play against them as we are at least 50/50 against any of the team from there, while against Spain odds would be a bit different and certainly in their favour.

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Yep, a big game for Croatia tonight. A win would be a huge step towards the semifinal.

A medal is something that was not really expected before the tournament so reaching the semifinals would be a good result for us. From there, anything is possible.

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First stage is over, these are 2 groups that continue with EURO

Those who follow handball will immediately notice that 2 teams that we all saw as one of the contenders are missing: Denmark and France. While France not qualifying was definitely a surprise , Denmark failing in the first round was even bigger one, as they they are current world champions.

Today matches are:
Spain vs Czech Republic
Croatia vs Austria
Belarus vs Germany

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I was close yesterday but in the end it wasn't good enough. Macedonia just played a terrible game and Austria scored way too many easy goals and killed my prediction.

Today is a slow today, only two games left to finish first stage of the tournament. I will watch Island-Hungary and maybe play something live. I have a feeling this one could end as draw.

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Quote from: Nadziratel on January 14, 2020, 08:34:36 AM

I haven't been able to watch Handball since my high school years. It is not a popular sport in my country. I guess the whole world, too. But in fact, tournaments of this kind of games can be very enjoyable. For both watching and betting.

Where can we watch it?

At least in Europe, it's one of the most popular team sports after football and basketball, don't know how about other continents.
I don't know where you're from, but maybe there is TV channel broadcasting this event in your country. If no, you may tree to watch it here for free https://www.ehftv.com/int/

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Quote from: Diced90 on January 14, 2020, 01:45:48 PM

Wow, just found out about Handball, and I'm impressed.

Initially, I thought handball was just a game that kids play at school, but it seems I couldn't have been more wrong! Looks like there's some serious athletes in the game.

I guess it's time for me to start binge-watching all the major games.

Any recommendations on where to start? I'd definitely like to find out more about the sport.

I think there is no live stream about it. It should be broadcasting internationally for us. But unfortunately, handball is not so popular.

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Wow, just found out about Handball, and I'm impressed.

Initially, I thought handball was just a game that kids play at school, but it seems I couldn't have been more wrong! Looks like there's some serious athletes in the game.

I guess it's time for me to start binge-watching all the major games.

Any recommendations on where to start? I'd definitely like to find out more about the sport.

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