The SG Flensburg-Handewitt has already reached the round of 16 of the Handball Champions League achieved before the last group game. With a win at the favorite FC Barcelona, the Schleswig-Holsteiners could still improve from sixth to fifth place in Season B.
On Thursday (6.45 p.m.) the SG in the Catalan metropolis will also be about rehabilitation. The Flensburg team were recently four games without a win in all competitions. “We want to do everything to win there,” said goalkeeper Kevin Moeller, who wore the “Barca” shirt from 2018 to 2021. In Barcelona, however, the grapes are hanging high for Flensburg, in the legendary “Palau Blaugrana” the German runner-up could never win.
Schmäschke: “The European League is the new minimum goal”
Last Sunday there was a bitter last-minute defeat in Leipzig in the Bundesliga. “We have to discuss some things, change some things, but there’s no point in not believing in the team anymore,” said SG coach Maik Machulla. Dierk Schmäschke reacted somewhat soberly. “We have to be realistic, the European League is the new minimum goal,” said the managing director of the “Flensburger Tageblatt”.