Live. CSM Bucharest – HC Zalău, debut postponed for Bojana Popovic on the bench of the “Tigers”
CSM Bucharest, the Romanian women's handball champion, ends 2025 with a duel against HC Zalău, from the 10th stage of the Flower League. The game started at 17:30 and can be watched liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Pro Arena.
One month and two weeks after the last match, CSM Bucharest returned to the handball court on the penultimate day of 2025. In the Apollo Hall in the capital, the “tigresses” received the visit of HC Zalău in a game that had to mark the debut of Bojana Popovic on the bench vacated by Adrian Vasile and temporarily occupied by Iulia Curea. However, the Montenegrin coach has not yet received her work permit, so she cannot officiate any official matches.
Live. CSM Bucharest – HC Zalău 31-16
Min. 48. 30-16. Time-out requested by Tadici. “What I did in training, you left at the entrance to the gym,” said the 73-year-old technician.
Min. 46. 29-16. Another goal for Mihai, the winger of the Romanian national team.
Min. 44. 27-15. Second elimination of two minutes for Elizabeth Omoregie and goal from 7 meters for HC Zalău.
Min. 41. 25-13. CSM Bucharest is dominating the game more and more.
Min. 36. 21-11. Goal for Mihaela Mihai and the difference on the table increased to 10 goals.
Min. 33. 18-11. Double save for Eriksson, who entered the goal of the “Tigers” instead of Gabriela Moreschi.
The start of the second half.
The end of the first half. 17-10. The opening half ended with a counterattack goal by Kristina Novak.
Min. 27. 16-9. CSM Bucharest, in double numerical superiority, scores again and the difference increases to 7 goals.
Min. 24. 14-9. Another shot from 7 meters for HC Zalău. Parade of Evelina Eriksson.
Min. 23. 14-9. Emma Friis scores from the far left, and the hosts distance themselves again to 5 goals, performing better after the time-out requested by the Bucharest coach.
Min. 19. 11-8. Iulia Curea also asks for her first rest period. Crina Pintea scores immediately after the restart.
Min. 16. 11-7. CSM Bucharest's defense continues to have gaps, and the “tigresses” are quick to attack.
Min. 13. 9-4. The visitors score two goals after the stoppage of play, taking advantage of a two-minute suspension in the opposing team.
Min. 10. 8-2. The first time-out requested by Gheorghe Tadici. “Let the ball go from left to right once,” the Zalău coach tells his players.
Min. 8. 6-2. The “tigresses” survive a period of numerical inferiority and distance themselves. Trine Ostergaard already has 3 goals.
Min. 3. 4-2. The hosts play very well offensively, but the defense quickly allowed two goals to the opponents.
Start of match. Iulia Curea, who held the position of interim coach for CSM Bucharest, leads the “Tigers” in this game as well. Bojana Popovic is absent from the bench, because she does not yet have her work permit, although the documents have been submitted. She is in the stands.
Large audience in the Apollo Hall in the Capital. Aurelia Brădeanu, the new team manager of CSM Bucharest, was applauded by the fans present at the match.
Large audience in the Apollo Hall in Bucharest/Photo: Carmen Dumitru (GSP.ro)
After completing her activity at the Women's Handball World Championship, where she was part of Helle Thomsen's staff at the Danish national team, Bojana Popovic flew to Bucharest and coordinated the first training sessions with her new students.
Internally, CSM Bucharest is without mistakes, having 9 victories from as many matches. Instead, in the Champions League, the Romanian champion has only 8 points and is in the 5th position of group B.
Popovic stated that her objective during this period is to use the first games at the helm of CSM Bucharest, those in the Florilor League, to prepare the team for the duels in the Champions League.
The first match for HC Zalău after the series of accusations against coach Gheorghe Tadici
A confrontation with HC Zalău awaits the “tiger girls”, a group that has one win and 8 lossesbeing in the penultimate place in the championship. What's more, during this competitive break, they appeared in the public space a lot of accusations against Gheorghe Tadicithe Ardelenses coach being accused of inappropriate behavior that includes physical and verbal abuse towards the players.
In this context, it will be interesting to see how the team from Zalău will perform on the field of the strongest team in the Flower League.
In the last days of the year, CSM Bucharest also announced the first moves for the next season. So, the champion of Romania extended the contracts of Crina Pintea and Emma Friistransferred it to Daria Dmitrieva and made it official the arrival of Aurelia Brădeanu as team manager.
