The first half of the Group Stage in the 2019/20 Champions League was completed today, by the last match of Day 7.

The 7th round was closed by a Hungarian derby. OSC and Ferencvaros faced off in Budapest. The match ended with no winner – 10:10.

Visiting teams recorded wins in the last two games of this round in Group A. Barceloneta defeated Jadran Split 13:5 and climbed to the 2nd place. Szolnok beat Spandau 14:10.

The other five games of Day 7 were played on Monday.

Champions League 2019/20, Day 7

Group A

Spandau 04 – Szolnok 10:14 (3:3, 2:5, 3:2, 2:4)

Spandau 04 Berlin: Negrean 4, Kholod 2, Saudader 1, Juengling 1, Strelezkij 1, Pjesivac 1.
Szolnok Dosza: Subotic 3, Szatmari 3, Pijetlovic 2, Batori 2, Drasovic 1, Dory 1, V. Rasovic 1, Angyal 1.

Spandau 04 fought hard, but Szolnok, the favorite in the match played in Berlin, took all three points. The Germans were leading 1:0 and 2:1 in the opening minutes. Szolnok turned around a deficit to a 3:2 lead, but Romanian Tiberiu Negrean leveled the score in the last second of the first period.

Szolnok scored three goals in a row in the first four minutes of the second period and went 6:3 up. From that point on, the Hungarians’ advantage was never smaller than two goals. The visitors controlled the match and recorded a nice 14:10 win.

Jadran S – Barceloneta 5:13 (1:3, 2:3, 2:3, 0:4)

Jadran Split: Buric 1, Zovic 1, Power 1, Viskovic 1, Delic 1.
Zodiac CAN Barceloneta: Perrone 3, Munarriz 3, Granados 3, De Toro 1, Bodegas 1, Larumbe 1, Mallarach 1.

Jadran, playing without a few injured players and the members of the junior national team, didn’t surprise Barceloneta. Jadran scored an opening goal, but Barceloneta responded with a 5:0 run to gain a 5:1 lead. Barceloneta went 8:3 up early in the fourth period, and there was no way back for the home team.

Played earlier
Olympiacos – Jug 6:5 (2:0, 1:2, 2:2, 1:1)
Jadran HN – Sintez 12:9 (3:0, 3:3, 3:3, 3:3)

1 Olympiacos (GRE) 7 – 19
2 Barceloneta (ESP) 7 – 16
3 Jug AO (CRO) 7 – 15
4 Szolnok (HUN) 7 – 12
5 Jadran HN (MNE) 7 – 7
6 Spandau 04 (GER) 7 – 5
7 Jadran S (CRO) 7 – 4
8 Sintez (RUS) 7 – 3

Group B

OSC Budapest – Ferencvaros 10:10 (3:1, 0:3, 5:5, 2:1)

OSC Budapest: Manhercz 2, Dr. Brguljan 2, Erdelyi 2, Harai 2, Prlainovic 1, Ubovic 1.
Ferencvaros: Vamos 4, Varga 2, Younger 1, Fountoulis 1, Sedlmayer 1, Constantin-Bicari 1.

The clash of the Budapest-based rivals offered a lot of thrills. OSC started better, Ferencvaros led for most of the time, but in the end, the match ended in a draw.

OSC, the home team in this match, had a 2-goal advantage (3:1) after the first quarter. Ferencvaros dominated the second quarter, and it took a 4:3 lead by the middle break.

Denes Varga converted a penalty in the first minute of the second half and doubled the visitors’ advantage (5:3). OSC missed a lot of chances during the second period. After Varga’s penalty, the hosts finally recalled their big form from the first period and equalized with two goals in the 48 seconds – 5:5.
OSC gained a lead – 8:7 three minutes before the last break. However, Ferencvaros regained an advantage, with two goals at the finish of the third period. Before the 4th period, “Fradi” led 9:8.

Defenses dominated in the opening minutes of the last quarter. Andrija Prlainovic netted a beautiful action goal from the distance to level the score -9:9 two minutes and 44 minutes before the end. The sides entered the last minute tied (9:9). Just 48 seconds before the final buzzer, Denes Varga converted a man-up to give the visitors a new lead (10:9). Still, the drama wasn’t over yet.

OSC forced a penalty shot with 29 seconds to go. Krisztian Manhercz took responsibility and made no mistake from the 5m line for 10:10.
Ferencvaros had an extra player in the last attack, but OSC’s Ubovic blocked a shot from Marton Vamos in the last second, and the match ended with no winner.

Played earlier
Mladost – Marseille 12:11 (4:0, 3:5, 3:1, 2:5)
Hannover – Terrassa 8:9 (3:1, 1:3, 3:2, 1:3)
Pro Recco – Dinamo Tbilisi 24:9 (8:0, 5:3, 4:4, 7:2)

1 Pro Recco (ITA) 7 – 17
2 Ferencvaros (HUN) 7 – 17
3 OSC Budapest (HUN) 7 – 13
4 Mladost (CRO) 7 – 13
5 Terrassa (ESP) 7 – 9
6 Marseille (FRA) 7 – 9
7 Hannover (GER) 7 – 3
8 Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 7- 0

Day 8

Group A (5 February)
Szolnok – Spandau Berlin
Barceloneta – Jadran Split
Sintez – Jadran Herceg Novi
Jug – Olympiacos

Group B (4 February)
Terrassa –Waspo Hannover
Ferencvaros – OSC Budapest
Dinamo Tbilisi – Pro Recco
Marseille – Mladost