The Polish of Kielce, winners against Veszprem (37-35), and the Spaniards of FC Barcelona Handball, who dominated Kiel on Saturday (34-30), validate their tickets for the final of the Champions League.
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The Barcelona European Champions will have the opportunity to defend their title, Sunday, June 19, in the final of the Champions League, in Cologne (Germany). Thanks to their victory against Kiel, the Handballeurs of FC Barcelona will find the Poles of Kielce, who run after a second European crown after that of 2016.
The Polish team triumphed over Veszprem on Saturday afternoon (37-35), in a meeting where each training had its period. The first was dominated by the Hungarians, thanks to an excellent defense which reduced the efficiency of Kielce fire to 55 %. But on the return from the locker room, while Veszprem led 18-16 to the break, the Hungarian defense boss, Blaz Blagotinsek, was sanctioned with a red card that completely reversed the scenario of the meeting.
His team began to make mistakes in transmissions while Kielce goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, has become insurmountable. Kielce’s coach, Talant Dujshebaev, praised his performance at the end of the meeting: “In the first period, we did not play so badly but our guards only managed five stops (…). But after the break, Andreas Wolff made superb parades and gave us power. It changed the match scenario. “
FC Barcelona Handball will have the opportunity to improve its record of titles in the Champions League
Kielce therefore qualifies for the second time in its history in the Champions League final, where the Polish club will find FC Barcelona Handball, holding the title. The Blaugrana disposed of the Kiel Germans in the early evening (34-30). After a balanced first period, at the end of which Barca only led a goal (19-18), the Spanish took the lead on the return from the locker room. But their indiscipline sanctioned with several temporary exclusions maintained the hopes of the Germans, returned to a goal of delay, before the European champions resumed their march forward.
The Barcelonais, and in particular Aleix Gomez, author of twelve goals, fairly easily found the spaces in the stored defense of Kiel, while the Germans stumbled on a very good Gonzalo Perez of Vargas in the cages. The most successful club in the competition, Barca will aim, Sunday, a tenth coronation in the Champions League.