The Hungarians beat German star teams in the handball BL

Result, group stage, round 1, group B:
OTP Bank Pick Szeged – SC Magdeburg (German) 31-29 (17-18)
shots/goals: 42/31 and 47/29
goals from seven meters: 2/2 and 3/3 respectively
exhibitions: 6 and 2 minutes, respectively

Seven players left Csongrad and six arrived during the summer break, in comparison, the offensive game worked quickly and well, and the defense was stable. Constancy was then represented by Roland Mikler, who defended brilliantly this time as well. Nikola Portner, the goalkeeper of the Germans who came on as a substitute, also excelled.

Szeged started the second half fantastically and continued like that: it produced a 9-1 streak in 13 minutes, because it was able to improve both in attack and defense, and Mikler continued to accumulate feats, so in the 47th minute it was already 28-21 the position. After the Germans scored three times in a row, the Swedish head coach, Michael Apelgren, asked for time. His team scored again after seven minutes, but Bence Bánhidi ensured the success of the Csongrad team with his first and only goal.

I have quite amazing feelings. We are new here, which is why it was very important to perform well in our first BL match – said Michael Apelgren at the press conference after the match. The Swedish coach of the Szeged team, who arrived in the summer, added that the atmosphere in the second half was sensational, the team was very well put together, and Mikler performed very well.

“It wasn’t easy because the preparation period was short because of the Olympics, but we did the work, we worked hard. We are very happy that we were able to finish the first match, thanks to all the players,” he stated.

Veszprém won away from home

Foxes Berlin (German) – Veszprém Handball Club 31:32 (16:16)
Veszprém Handball Club: Corrales, Jensen – Grahovac, Descat 4, Sandell 1, Elisson, Ligetvári, Cindric 2, Remili 11, Végh, ElDaraa 2, Pechmalbec 1, Vailupau 3, Casado 3, Fabregas 5, Kosorotov.
Exhibitions: 4 minutes or 4 minutes
They are seven meters tall: 3/1 ill. 1/1 – via handballveszprem.hu

Veszprém played with a lot of mistakes and rushed at the beginning of the half, they had problems mainly in defense and reorganizing, but luckily Berlin did not find their game against the wall. However, with Fabregas sent off, Füchse made good use of the man advantage, so they managed to come away with 3 goals.

Veszprém was also at a five-goal deficit (photo: Handballveszprem.hu)

In the 14th minute, with minus four, Xavier Pascual asked for a time-out, several positions were changed, Kosorotov, Sandell, Pechmalbec and Casado came on the field. The use of opportunities still did not improve, so even after 20 minutes the minus four remained, and the Veszprém team had eight missed opportunities during this time. The Hungarian champion came back to draw with a good hair at the break.

Berlin started the second half a little more sleepily, so Veszprém managed to go ahead with three, thanks to Fabregas in the 38th minute the score was 18-21. Rodrigo also blocked Berlin’s second goal of the week, in the 41st minute the score was 18-22. The last ten minutes were exciting, but the Hungarian champions kept their advantage, although in the end they won by only one goal.

“First of all, I would like to congratulate my team on the victory. It is never easy to play and win in Berlin.”It’s true that we made a couple of mistakes in the last five minutes, but other than that I’m very happy, since we were able to turn the game around from a five-goal deficit.” – quotes Xavi Pasqual the club’s website. “We scored a lot of easy goals, Rodri also defended brilliantly, and Ludo and Patrik defended excellently. I’m not satisfied with the end of the match, but I am satisfied with the rest. It was a terrific atmosphere, it always feels good to play in such places.