Handball Trieste lasts 20′ in Lavis in the direct clash with Pressano. From the halberd 9-8 to the Trentino 15-9 in six minutes of play, between the 21st and 27th minutes of the first half. The second half will then be a nightmare with the final 37-26 for the home team.
Trieste ends the away games of the regular season with 13 defeats in as many games. With this defeat he has the certainty of playing in the play-out semi-final against Pressano himself but with the eventual winner away from Chiarbola given that in the first leg Fredi Radojkovic’s boys had won 27-23. Pressano therefore reaches Trieste in third to last place but surpasses it in direct clashes. This is unless the miracle arrives in the last match against Bressanone, second in the class. And for a largely remodeled Trieste with its staff reduced to the bare minimum, it is an eventuality that is almost not even worth taking into consideration. Without the injured Di Nardo who ended the season prematurely, without the two foreigners Kosec and Pranjic no longer in the squad, with also the injury to goalkeeper Garcia (torn to the quadriceps of his right leg) who may not see the field again in these final stages of the season, the team now seems to be adrift, capable of holding until they suffer an opponent break and then never get back into the game.
Having said that the play-out against Pressano (to be determined only in whose home the eventual winner will be), the probable hopes of survival will be found in the play-out final where the two losers will face each other (Cingoli will face Rubiera). The predictions give the final battle between Trieste and Rubiera with the “mules” having the advantage of the field factor.
But let’s go back to the present with Pressano and Trieste clashing for the 32nd time, previously the Trentinos had won 22 victories against Trieste’s nine.
Handball Trieste starts well with goals from Dapiran, Jan Radojkovic, Urbaz, Dapiran again, Andonovski twice, Urbaz (5-7), Ceccardi and Jan Radojkovic for the 8-9 in the 21st minute. But here, as mentioned, a blackout arrives and Pressano takes advantage of it by going 15-9. The first half ends at 16-11
It is clear that the guests will not be able to recover, at this point all efforts should go towards limiting the damage, from 17-14 with the centers of Urbaz and Dapiran we soon reach 22-17 and 25-19. Trieste slips back to 30-21. The match is now over, in the last minutes Pressano takes another lead. It therefore ends 37-26 (six goals for Dapiran and Ceccardi). It’s the middle of the night in Trieste.
