HC Motor 25-30 Barça: Winning start in Europe

The 2020/21 Champions League is under way and it’s got off a fine start for Barça, who won 25-30 at HC Motor and have thus summed the first points of their European campaign.

It was not easily achieved. The game was still wide open at the break (11-13), but the Catalans truly started to settle in the second half. Dictating the pace, Aleix Gómez was especially tuned in, scoring 10 in total, although a +8 that had looked more than decisive suddenly got cut to +4 when the home side scored four uncontested goals.

Barça needed to score, and did, and managed to keep the gap wide to finish 25-30 winners.

Attention now switches to league game at the Palau on Saturday against Viveros Heroles BM Navas (12.00pm CEST).

MATCH STATS

HC Motor: Maroz (-), Horiha (4), Denysov (3), Malasinskas (7), Kozakevych (2), Bokhan (4), Orbovic (1). Pukhouski (3), Gurkovsky (1), Kravchenko (-), Burzak (-), Vujovic (-), Dontsov (-), Minotskyi (-) y Tiutiunnyk (-). 
Barça: Gonzalo (-), Ariño (3), Aleix Gómez (10), Petrus (-), Mem (4), Palmarsson (1), Fàbregas (1) -siete inicial-. Entrerríos (2), Sorhaindo (-), Mortensen (-), Cindric (5), Langaro (4), Frade (-), Diocou (-), Makuc (-).
Periods: 2-2 / 2-5 / 4-5 / 5-8 / 7-9 / 11-13 (HT) / 14-17 / 16-20 / 18-25 / 20-27 / 24-28 / 25-30 (FT)