World-acclaimed handballer Cristina Neagu
Romanian women's handball team, title holders CSM Bucharest grabbed a 28-20 away win, 15-9 at half time, against Montenegrin challengers Buducnost Podgorica. The match counted towards Champions League's Group A. CSM had the upper hand all throughout the match, ending the game 8 points clear of their opponents. However, on 43 minutes, Buducnost were only two goals down from CSM Bucharest, when the scoreboard displayed a feeble 18-16 advantage for the Romanian team. Yet CSM Bucharest had a stunning comeback and eventually secured a laid-back advantage at the end of the game. Cristina Neagu was yet again CSM Bucharest's top scorer, with 7 goals on her record sheet. Also scoring for CSM Bucharest were Yvette Broch, 5, Elizabeth Omoregie, 3, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, 3, Carmen Martin Berenguer, 2, Malin Larsen Aune, 2, Alexandra Dindiligan, 2. Samara Da Silva Vieira, Siraba Dembele Pavlovic, Angela Ştefania Stoica and Ema Ramusovic scored one goal each. Team Esbjerg are at the top of the table, with 15 points. Of Group A's ten teams, CSM Bucharest are 4th-placed, with 10 points on its record sheet.
For her exceptional performance in CSM's match against Buducnost, Radio Romania International has designated Cristina Neagu the Athlete of the week.
In August 2022, Cristina Neagu will be 34. She plays as a left-back and her record is impressive. With Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, in 2010 Cristina Neagu played a Champions League final. With Buducnost Podgorica, Neagu became European champion in 2015.
In 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018, the International Handball Federation designated Cristina Neagu the world's best handballer. Neagu thus became the world's first woman handball player ever to have won the trophy four times. Cristina Neagu has been the national team's captain since 2016. With the national squad, Cristina Neagu won the bronze medal at the European Championship jointly held in Denmark and Norway in 2010, and another bronze medal at the World Championship in Denmark, in 2015. Cristina Neagu made public her retirement from the national squad. However, she changed her mind afterwards.
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