Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Saturday, January 17, 2026, 10:47 p.m. / Updated Saturday, January 17, 2026 10:47 p.m.
Rapid drew with Lokomotiva Zagreb, 28-28, in a match of the second round of Group C of the European League.
The formation from Bucharest missed the victory in the last phase, after the Croatians managed to score. Lokomotiva Zagreb thus continues its unbeaten streak this season
He quickly missed the victory at the last stage! The band from Giulești missed the conveyor belt
The game on Lokomotiva Zagreb's pitch started quickly as it couldn't be worse: he missed the first three attacks. Zagreb had a two-goal advantage after a few minutes, but Rapid immediately re-entered the game and, thanks to a good game by Djazz Chambertin, managed to equalize on the scoreboard, and even more so, to take the lead.
Then followed a festival of misses that could bring Rapid to a three-goal lead midway through the first half. The offense continued to suffer, and Lokomotiva Zagreb managed to take the lead, even more so, to lead at the break.
Coming out of the locker room it looked like Rappid had fine-tuned their offense and started to build a solid lead. At the end, the team from Bucharest lowered the speed, and Lokomotiva Zagreb took advantage. In the last phase, Rapid had an advantage of only one on the scoreboard and defended itself twice by fouling. Zagreb took advantage, scored and maintained their unbeaten streak. For Rapid the best scorer was Mariana Ferreira Lopes with 6 goals, while for Lokomotiva Zagreb, Stela Posavec scored 7 goals.
Ranking in Group C of the European League
FINAL » Lokomotiva Zagreb – Rapid 28-28
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Min. 60: The Last Phase! Zagreb scored
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Min. 55: Minimum advantage for Rapid
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Min. 42: The locomotive closed the gap. Only one point away for the team from Bucharest
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Min. 36: Rapid started the second half well and built a two-goal lead
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Min. 32: Quickly got the upper hand
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The second half began, with the Croatians attacking!
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Break! Only one goal difference
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Min. 26: Rapid narrowed the gap, but the Croatians are accurate in attack
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Min. 23: Mistakes have had their say and the Croatians have increased their goal lead to +3
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Min. 20: The home team took the lead and Rapid missed again
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Min. 19: The Croatians equalized, against the background of some big mistakes by the Giulio offensive
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Min. 17: The team from Bucharest missed several chances to break away, and Lokomotiva Zagreb remains close to the table. Only one goal difference
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Min. 11: Rapid missed two good phases in a row. The team from Bucharest could climb to a three-goal advantage, due to some mistakes by the home team
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Min. 8: Rapid takes the lead in Zagreb after the hosts miss an attack. Chambertin scored.
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Min. 6: The team from Bucharest tied the table, but Lokomotiva scored in the next phase
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Min. 5: Rapid manages to score the first goal, after a cross from Zagreb
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Min. 4: The Croatians score one more time, Rapid missed another attack
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Min. 2: The Croatians open the scoring after a prolonged action. He quickly missed another attack
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Game start! Rapid missed the first attack
Full weekend for Romanian handball
On Sunday, from 9:30 p.m., the Romanian men's national handball team will face the great favorite Denmark, in the Euro 2026 group. And the 5 representatives in the European women's competitions will have work to do:
