Only the first six teams move into the knockout phase, the Flensburg occupies fifth place with nine points. In the remaining two games, SG welcomes pursuers FC Porto next Wednesday (8.45 p.m.) before going to FC Barcelona on March 10 (8.45 p.m.).
At 27:27 in the first leg in their home arena, Flensburg even had the Parisian star ensemble around the Danish world-class man Mikkel Hansen on the verge of defeat, in the second leg things didn’t go so well for the SG.
Paris faster and more purposeful
Although the Schleswig-Holsteiner were able to start with almost the best line-up after weeks with many failures, they were defeated by the French champions. Paris acted faster and more purposefully. In the middle of the first half, the hosts went away by four goals and maintained this lead until the break – 17:13.
Paris Saint-Germain – SG Flensburg-Handewitt 33:30 (17:13)
Goals Paris: Steins (7), Kristopans (6), Hansen (5), Syprzak (5), Keita (4), N Karabatic (3), Kounkoud (2), L Karabatic (1)
Flensburg: Semper (7), Wanne (6), Golla (4), Gottfridsson (3), Röd (3), Hald Jensen (2), Mensah Larsen (2), Steinhauser (2), Svan (1)
Spectator: 2,911
Little changed after the change of sides. In attack, what the Flensburg team showed was very pleasing. But the SG cover was just too timid against a French-class team.
Flensburg comes close again thanks to Buric
Benjamin Buric in the goal of the German runners-up did his best to keep his team in the game. The Bosnian took a few free throws away from Paris and ended up collecting twelve saves. And lo and behold: Three minutes before the end, the SG had reduced to one goal – 30:31. A time penalty against Magnus Röd and a crossbar hit by Mads Mensah Larson later, the Flensburg defeat was certain despite seven goals from Franz Semper.