First appearance of Rio’s Olympic Champions on home ground. Golden team was long awaited in Moscow as well as their extravagant coach Evgeni Trefilov. Performance of Brazilian style drummers during pre-match show was one more reminder – what those ladies, led by their exceptional coach recently achieved. The atmosphere was supported by historical and educational videos, live interviews with celebrity guests, in-match performances of musicians and cheerleaders – it was a great fun! The athletes could not stand aside and showed world-class game level, with Russia winning 32:25.
Although last big achievements by Russian national team in handball are dated back with 20th century, their matches are still well attended. It’s always nice and easy to work with an audience, that is ready to support any of your idea – every contest, each interaction was warmly welcomed. As well as the athletes. Unfortunately, currently Russian national team is not that competitive, as it was when Russian Handball Federation President Mr. Lavrov acted as a player. But the team is very young and promising – will be watching their progress.
