UKRAINE - CROATIA 25:38 Playful Croatia declassified Ukraine

The team of Hrvoje Horvat, who lost David Mandić and Željko Musa before the game, entered the game quite slowly, and in the first eight minutes the defense was practically non-existent. The Ukrainians scored what and how they wanted, so Horvat called a time-out after Tilte's goal for 6: 5.

After that, Croatia played much better and, after Jelinic scored for a 7: 6 lead, Ukraine no longer had a chance. The last attempt of the Ukrainians was between the 23rd and 27th minute, when they came to 14:13, but it was already late. By halftime, Gadža, Šipić and Jelinić added gas and Croatia left at halftime with 18:13.

THE COLLAPSE OF UKRAINE IN THE SECOND HALF

Half time In the continuation, Ukraine completely disintegrated and it was only a question of how many goals difference Croatia will win. Already in the 36th minute there were eight differences, and by the end of the game Croatia entered practically everything, although Horvat can be worried at times by a lethargic defense that allowed extremely modest Ukrainians to score as many as 25 goals. Better teams will know how to punish that.

In the end of the match, everyone played, especially Filip Glavaš, who scored his first four goals at the European Championship. Ivan Martinović and Marin Šipić were brilliant with seven goals each. Marin Jelinić scored six goals from six attempts, and Tin Lučin five out of six, although he shared several great assists. Sunjic had seven saves (30 percent), and Ivan Pesic added one.