Magdeburg coach Bennet Wiegert knows that in Barcelona “only titles count”. However, his team should not hide in the Champions League semi-final on Saturday.
It is the only title that SC Magdeburg can get this season. And it is the biggest title that the SCM handball players can reach this season. The Magdeburgers take the weekend at the Final Four in Cologne at the triumph in the Champions League. Until then, however, it is a mega-heavy path: in the semifinals on Saturday (June 14, 2025, from 6 p.m. in the live ticker and completely live listen to Sportschau.de, in the ARD audio and the app from Sport in the east), the Magdeburgers must first be against FC Barcelona. In a semi -final victory in the final on Sunday (June 15th, from 6 p.m.), the fresh baked German champions Füchse Berlin.
Wiegert: “In Barcelona, only titles count”
“This is a top team with top quality,” says Bennet Wiegert when he talks about semi-final opponents Barcelona. “Except for the Super Globe, where they failed due to Veszprem, they did not leave anything this season. This team is used to winning and is also condemned to win. At FC Barcelona, there is no second place. What counts are titles and they have once again added up this season.”
Can Bennet cheer against Barcelona again on Saturday?
Balanced record Magdeburg vs. Barcelona
This season the SCM and Barca in the Group phase of the Champions League already hit twice. Woned The home team each. And also in the overall balance sheet, SC Magdeburg has an exceptional position compared to other clubs: the SCM has so far been balanced against Barcelona. The SCM and FCB each won five in eleven direct duels. The Magdeburg victory in the Super Globe final 2022 after extension or the Champions League semi-final victory of the SCM 2023 after seven meters.
This is not the only reason why Wiegert says before the new semi-final duel: “I trust us to beat Barcelona.” Because the top quality applicable to Barcelona “I also see with us. We will get to the day.
The SCM and the Worries about injury
But especially in the squad at SC Magdeburg, the long and difficult season left significant traces. No other team was born by the bad luck of injury as the Magdeburgers. In addition to long -term injuries like Matthias Musche Gisli Kristjansson The great problem child, the use of Icelanders is highly questionable due to a shoulder injury. On Friday (June 13) Wiegert said: “There is a chance that he will be in the squad.” However, in the absence of training, it would be enough for a few minutes, said the trainer. But he was “very happy that he is here and that we have the opportunity to bring him to the tournament.”
Wiegert dreams of the final: “The opponent doesn’t care”
That is why Wiegert does not yet want to think of a possible final opponent. In the second semi -final, the foxes from Berlin meet the French representative HBC Nantes. “I would be happy to stand in the final. The opponent doesn’t matter. If it is the foxes Berlin, it is all the more beautiful. The fans and the league are happy.”
Before that, however, there is an extra -lingered semi -finals. Because, according to Wiegert: “It’s about being able to play the final. And it will be a very tough way against Barcelona.”
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