"MARVELLOUS NICOLAS" PLACES VHK NEAR CL FINAL Viborg Handbold Klub stays at a very little step to the Champions League final after their comfortable win in Spain against Astroc. Ryde´s girls played quite well in defence and had got a marvellous goalkeeper, named Valerie Nicolas. French player had 24 saves along the match and her wonderful efficiency (50%) helped a lot her team in order to get a very important win. VHK dreams, the final is near.
MATCH REPORT: ASTROC SAGUNTO 26- VIBORG HANDBOLD KLUB 31:
DEVELOPMENT: 1-4, 5-6, 5-7, 7-9, 10-11, 13-12 // 15-15, 17-20, 17-23, 19-25, 22-28, 26-31
Astroc Sagunto: López, Barbosa (5), Oncina (2), Macarena (1), Puche (11, 5 P), Pinedo (1), Cuadrado (2) también Eider, Saric, Andreu, De Sousa (4),
Viborg HK: Valerie, Skov (2), Jurack (4), Mikkelsen (3), Nielsen (3), Varzaru (6), Astrup (5, 2p) también Zhai (1), Ortuño (3), Norgaard (2), Assink (2)
SPECTATORS: First match of the semifinal of Women Champions league 2005-2006 played at Rene Marigil Hall in front of 700 spectators, aproximately 50 danish fans.
REFEREES: Grokvic y Tijanic. Two minutes suspensions for: Cuadrado y Barbosa and for VHK: Skov, Jurack (2) and Lene Lund Nielsen. CHRONICLE: VHK beat Astroc yesterday in Spain due to a very good defence in the second half. Danes took advantage little by little, their best advantage in the score was six goals up: 17-23 (45th minute with time out for the home team). VHK was better than Astroc, had got a very strong team and are in a very good shape. Astroc hasn´t got back players able to throw from nine meters and so it´s very difficult for them attack against one 6-0 tough defence like VHK has got.
MVP PLAYER: The most valuable player for us yesterday was Valerie Nicolas, french goalkeeper enjoyed a lot playing handball, yesterday was wonderful with 24 saves and a excellent perfomance and eficciency. For Astroc, Montserrat Puche Díaz was the best with 11 goals for 13 throws.
