Handball European Championship - Men

[ivanhoe]

Croatia - Montenegro 1st half under 26,5 goals pick WON

I know only a few of the forum members follow handball, but it is, besides football, basketball, tennis and water polo, national sport here in Croatia.  It is a fact that we are not the team we used to be quality wise, but we have more depth than Montenegrins. Montenegro will be without a couple of first team players due to injuries. The game is played in Graz, Austria and Croatia should have more than a decent support there. 

Why under ? Our coach Cervar has always based his philosophy on defence and it won`t be different this time. Montenegrins, due to a lack of quality and the injuries mentioned above, will probably put accent on defence too - especially in the first half in which they will want to stay as close as possible.

I see Croatia winning in the end but it it`s not going to be a walk in the park imo. Low stakes. GL.

Edited January 12, 2020 by ivanhoe

[ivanhoe]

Montenegro +1 - Serbia  pick 1   WON

Montenegro has a solid team, they have a very good coach who is a real leader and has the authority, a personality that players like and will follow him whatever happens. In a match vs Croatia I saw that the team spirit and cohesion is on a decent level. 

On other side we have Serbia who has more quality but I have to say that recent period has been rather chaotic in Serbian handball association and atmosphere is far from perfect.To cut the long story short, I believe we'll see a close match and I wouldn't exclude a draw as the final result. 

Edited January 12, 2020 by ivanhoe