Croatian handball players are in the finals of the European Championship with a victory over Norway in the Stockholm thriller - a victory against Norway after two overtimes 29:28 (26:26, 23:23).
Željko Musa scored the goal to advance to the final five seconds before the end of the match.
It was only his third goal of the entire tournament.
Domagoj Duvnjak with eight and Igor Karačić with six goals led Croatia, while Sander Sagosen's 10 goals were not enough for Norway.
Goalkeeper Matej Ašanin was also a hero, stopping two seven-pointers at the end of the regular season.
Croatia will play in the final on Sunday at 16.30:20.30 p.m. against the winner of the second semi-final, in which Spain and Slovenia will play at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
Croatia has won five medals at the European Championships so far, silver in 2008 and 2010 and bronze in 1994, 2012 and 2016.
This was Norway's second appearance in the semi-finals of the EP and their second defeat. So far, she has not won a single medal, and her greatest success is fourth place in 2016.
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