The Foxes Berlin have been in the final four of the Champions League for the first time since 2012. The team of coach Jaron Siewwert cheered on Wednesday after a highly convincing 40:36 (21:20) reversal success with the Danish champion Aalborg Handbold.
The Foxes Berlin solved the ticket for the Final Four of Handball Champions League in Cologne. The capitals struck the capitals on Wednesday evening in the quarter -final second leg with 40:36 and thus made their surprisingly clear 37: 29 success from the first leg to.
On 14./15. June on the Rhine is about the title. The SC Magdeburg also wants to be part of the annual highlight, which at KC Veszprem in the second leg on Thursday after 26:26 in the first leg is faced with a difficult task.
In the quarterfinals in northern Denmark, world handball player Mathias Gidsel was the focus of the foxes in the focus, which is enormously worshiped in his home country. With nine goals, the back room player once again demonstrated his value for the Berliners.
Foxes are full right from the start
The intermediate score of 5: 3 for the foxes marked the self -confidence of the Berliners after six minutes. After the astonishingly clear first leg victory in the second meeting, the guests did not take a piece of the gas, gave the focus on the top from the start and Aalborg permanently at a distance.
The first five litters of the Berliners all landed in the goal, while the Danes made two misses. The fact that Aalborg held the connection was due to the parades of goalkeeper Niklas Landin. After ten minutes the foxes led 8: 6.
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However, the Berliners also had to keep up with the tension, since Aalborg tried everything again to equalize the first leg and somehow develop a momentum in the home arena. So the teams gave themselves nothing in a fast -class and high -class game.
Foxes goalkeeper Dejan Milosavljev always helped out, offensive – often staged by Nils Lichtlein – Mathias Gidsel and Lasse Andersson. After 20 minutes, the capitals were still in front with 15:14.
Even a double two-minute penalty for the foxes and a tight man cover for Gidsel should not change the dynamics because the Bundesliga club always remained with and adapted. After 24 minutes, Aalborg took the first time -out of the game – a sign that the Danes bite their teeth somewhat on the disciplined Berlin defense. The foxes took a short 21:20 lead in the half-time break.
No nakedness even in the second round
Even in the second round, the foxes did not burn anything. After 38 minutes, the Berliners led 26:24 because they came back on the field with a lot of enthusiasm. In addition, the foxes punished almost every eelborg mistake very consistently and conveniently expanded their leadership, after 45 minutes they were at the front with 30:25.
Ten minutes before the end, the encounter with 35:29 was almost decided – the quarter -finals already. This apparently gradually achieved the heads of the Berlin players, who lost a little tension. But coach Jaron Siewwert appealed to his team one last time to win the second leg for himself. And his players followed him, collected the last grains until the final whistle and won the game with 40:36.
