In the race to six points for the champion of Croatia PPD Zagreb he led against Nexea 4-2. Zagreb successfully reset after the defeat in Našice, they won 30-26 in the Matchbox and on Sunday they will have their first chance to win a new championship title in Nexe’s hall.
Nexe again had no real chance in the Box. Although Zagreb like this, again without Klarica and Sirotić, seemed like a possible opportunity, it is an impossible mission for the people of Našić to continue defeating the PPD in Zagreb. Both clubs changed the first goalkeeper compared to the last game, Zagreb Slavić due to Panjtar’s better form, and Nexe forced due to the injury of Kuzmanović with Radovanović, who was joined by Car in tandem.
Both of them significantly accelerated compared to three days earlier, when Zagreb remained at 23 goals in 60 minutes, today it was 17 in 30 minutes. Dibirov and Kavčić were at the highest speed with the home team, Dibirov reset after a bad day in Našice. , Čupić followed him, mostly hitting sevens. Nexe was on Zagreb’s level until it started collecting technical errors, so Zagreb pulled away at 10-7 in the 15th minute. Melić also missed a seven-pointer along the way, Slavić caught his bad lob attempt with ease.
The entry of Severac instead of Moslavac, who opened well, was a problem for Zagreb, the people of Našić simply broke the defense of PPD, Radovanović followed up with two saves and the visitors calmed down a possible problem that appeared after -4.
After the opening defense, Panjtar couldn’t get anything, so Slavić continued in goal, but almost without a goalkeeper, Zagreb held on to the lead. Leimeter was a welcome help to Kavčić in the outer line, while Tomić and Manci Mičević did not meet him in the jump in the 40th minute. The Hungarian fell ugly on his back and limped out of the field with a heavy step with double help, to which even Tomic did not return due to the red card.
Everything got better in Zagreb. Kević and Moslavac got on Tamše’s nerves, Slavić helped and with 23-18 Zagreb took the biggest lead. In order not to solve the match then, the Emperor helped, but not for long. The game started to break with interruptions, mostly due to the wiping of the base because it is never comfortable in the Box at this time, especially when it is full.
He kept Zagreb Nexe at a distance, which could have been reduced to two goals if Jelinić had not gone out of bounds with the ball in a half counter or if the referees had not seen it wrong according to the people of Našić. With Slavić in goal, Kos was Zagreb’s trump card in the end and Nexe was again far from a real chance.
PPD Zagreb – Nexe 30-26 (17-15)
Čupić 8, Dibirov 6, Kos 4, Kavčić 4 – Moslavac, Markušić 4