Handball Champions League: SC Magdeburg wants to up the ante against RK Zagreb

After the opening win in Bucharest, SC Magdeburg wants to do better today in the Champions League group game against RK Zagreb. A well-known opponent who comes with an old acquaintance.

So far this season at SC Magdeburg is going like clockwork. All four Bundesliga games were wonand I too celebrated with the German handball champions in the first group game at Dinamo Bucharest 30:28 a successful start.

On Thursday (September 22), the Champions League anthem will be heard at home for the first time in 17 years, coach Bennet Wiegert’s team will meet the Croatian representative RK Zagreb. Throw-off in the GETEC Arena is at 8:45 p.m., “Sport in the East” ticks live.

With RK Zagreb, the SCM meets a well-known opponent. The capital club has been Croatian champion 30 times so far, and Ivica Obrvan’s team, who has been the coach of the White and Blues since 2021, has taken part in the Champions League 29 times. Zagreb have made it to the final four times so far, although the Croatians have failed to make it big. In 1992 and 1993, however, RK won the European Cup of National Champions. Last season in the premier class was disappointing for RK Zagreb, after the group stage it was over.

Reunion with Musa

In contrast to SCM, the Croatian club started the current Champions League season with a defeat, starting with 27:31 against Svendborg. At the meeting on Thursday there will be a reunion with an old acquaintance. Zeljko Musa has been playing for Zagreb since the 2021/22 season, before that the district player wore the green-red jersey for six years.

All clear at Kristjansson

Meanwhile, the HR department at SC Magdeburg has given the all-clear. Gisli Kristjansson, the in the 31:26 point game victory in Göppingen had to be substituted after a duel in the 56th minute and did not seriously injure his knee as feared. This was the result of an initial examination at the Magdeburg Clinic, as the Bundesliga club announced on its website. Nevertheless, “further investigations are still required” for the Icelander, the SCM said.

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