Ivan Pesic grabs 17 saves as Meshkov cruise through Ljubuski
Ivan Pešić sa 17 obrana razoružao Izviđače
After the loss in Nasice Meshkov did not allow any kind of surprise in Ljubuski. Despite of the fact that both Stojkovic and Mijatovic were ruled out for the clash, Belarusian champions have easily managed to outplay champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hosts were able to stay close for a good amount of time trailing 13:14 after first 30 but guests have managed to take advantage of their inexperience speeding up the tempo and slowly enlarging the gap. Ante Grbavac scored 6 for Izvidjac and on the other side, by remarkable Pesic and his 17 saves, both Nikulenkau and Shumak were 4/4.
Izvidjac will in a week travel to Celje and Meshkov will a week later welcome Metalurg.
Zdenko Grbavac, Izvidjac CO coach:
We've once again managed to deliver a good performance against the team of
Brest. However, we're at the moment missing some of our crucial players and it
was visible today and is the main reason for this result in the end. I'd like
to congratulate my players but also to our guests today on playing a really
good match.
Sergej Bebeshko, Meshkov coach:
Match was not easy at all, especially in the first part. In that period
zvidjac' defense was on a quite good level as well as their goalie and our
defense was not. However, we have many experienced, national team players and
it was visible later into the encounter when we've finally managed to enlarge
the gap and secure points.
Mario Pavlak, Izvidjac CO player:
We've played well in the first half and in the second we've simply lacked
strenght to keep up the tempo. We'll try to make that aspect of our game better
and hopefully scenarios like this won't occur any more.
Ivan Pesic, Meshkov goalkeeper:
Fans were great today, I've been here once already with Zagreb and
atmosphere was even better. We've played a poor first half and it was visible
on the result. In the second half we've managed to step it up and reach this
victory.