![]() ![]() Then came the home advantage, in all possible forms, and that helped the hosts to catch up with their rivals. #Kiss in spanish crackedThe latter one hit them in the first half, very hard, as they cracked a bit under the pressure and were unable to score for the entire first half – the Greeks had two brilliant distant shots to lead 2-0. It was indeed a grand fight where the Croats enjoyed both the advantages and the disadvantages of the home soil. In the other match of Group A, Georgia didn’t leave it so late to deliver the killer-blow, a 5-0 storm right in the first period did enough damage against the Slovaks to send the team to the crossovers.Īs the coronation of the preliminary round, the grand fight took place between Greece and Croatia in front of a sell-out crowd of 8000 people. Then Italy’s high intensity game bore its fruits, they staged a 5-0 rush and that decided the outcome. In the first big match of the evening session Italy and Montenegro produced the expected enormous battle which was even until the middle of the third period when it stood 5-5. Quarter-finals (Tuesday): Hungary v MNE/ROU, Spain v GRE/ISR, Croatia v GEO/NED, Italy v FRA/SRBįor places 13-16 th (Sunday): 10.00 Slovakia v Germany, 11.30 Malta v Slovenia Crossover games – 15.00: Montenegro v Romania, 16.30 Georgia v Netherlands, 19.00 Greece v Israel, 20.30 France v Serbia. ![]() Group D: Hungary v Israel 23-4, Serbia v Slovenia 17-6. Group C: Germany v Spain 6-17, Romania v Netherlands 12-12. Group B: Greece v Croatia 5-5, Malta v France 8-15. Men, Round 3, Group A: Italy v Montenegro 13-8, Georgia v Slovakia 16-11. But it was still enough for a draw and the top spot in Group B, much to the joy of the 8000 spectators, filling the Spaladium Arena. ![]() Spain and Hungary secured their QF berths too. Croatia scored five goals in the entire game against Greece, none in the first half, but it was still enough for a draw and the top spot in Group B, much to the joy of the 8000 spectators, filling the Spaladium Arena. Italy staged a 5-0 rush in the third period to beat Montenegro and book their quarter-final spot. ![]()
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