The MT Melsungen has reached the final Four of the European League. A “demonstration”, as the sports director Michael Allendorf called. A party is waiting for the players before the return flight.
Michael Allendorf had all the important times directly in the head and was able to calculate everything. “The plane does not work until Wednesday afternoon,” said the sports director of the MT Melsungen on Tuesday evening the brilliant 32:22 victory of the North Hesse in the European League at the Basque representative Bidasoa Irun. “The boys deserve the evening here.” The MT stormed the final Four, so the party command of the sports director therefore only consequently.
With a real “demonstration”, as Allendorf named at the end of the game, the Melsungers moved into the Final Four on May 24th and 25th in Hamburg. In the small Basque city directly on the French border, the MT showed its whole class and did not give the opponent a chance. At the end of the first round, the MT managed to do not concede a single goal for 15 minutes.
Half -final against Flensburg
The first leg had left out, in North Hesse The Melsungers only prevailed with one goal difference. Accordingly, the Melsung team was cheers after the game, and a group picture was taken directly in front of the traveling appendix. It is the first move into a final four on European stage for the northern Hesse. “The team was there from the first second. We are very proud of this team,” emphasized Allendorf.
After the bitter cup final in Cologne at the end of March With the defeat against Kiel Has the MT noticeably caught fire again. Two titles are still possible, in the league the North Hesse are seven game days before the end in second place, tied with the league leader from Berlin. The Final Four in the European Cup is another highlight in the hot end of the season. In Hamburg, the MT meets Flensburg in the semifinals, while Kiel and Montpellier play the other final participants. This was the result of the draw the day after the quarter-final game.
Allendorf wants “the maximum”
“We are at a final four this season for the second time. This is incredible. We can look forward to the two days in Hamburg,” said Allendorf and promised with a view of the league and the European Cup: “We try to get the maximum out.” First the party night on the Atlantic coast, then the hunt for two titles: The competition can in any case understand this statement as a declaration of war.
