Nine poor minutes for Nexe – victory for Tatran
In a duel of teams which have been a part of SEHA - Gazprom League back from its very beginning Tatran Presov took three important points from Nasice securing their place in the upper part of the table. Hosts missed Gadza and Leban, guests came without Rabek but health status obviously hurt the team from Slavonia harder as Slavko Goluza led his team towards 27:23 win.
Nine minutes into the match hosts were three goals up. Defenses were on a high level, just like both coaches promised before the match. Nexe were able to set their tempo in the first half, play their game and that brought them 2-goal advantage going into the locker room after the half-time whistle. Beginning of the second half was as narrow as first 30 minutes but then hosts entered a poor period which lasted for 9 minutes and which Tatran were more than ready to take advantage of grabbing 3-goal lead and sealing the deal in this one. Ivan Srsen led Nexe with 8 but unfortunately for home fans it was not enough. Cip on the other side scored 7 for guests, Lapajne and Butorac added 6 each.