After defeat in their clash at DKB Bundesliga, defending EHF CL champion HSV Handball prepare “nice revenge” for the rival from the North – SG Flensburg 32:27 (15:14) at the Round 5 of the VELUX EHF Champions League. Martin Schwalb’ guys dominated in the last 20 minutes of the match after Flensburg was last time in lead – 16:17. Duvnjak and his team-mates began to play much stronger defense and that resulted with the advantage (21:18, 43rd minute) and new points at the end…
HSV Handball: Bitter (13 saves); Cleverly n.e. Lindberg 7/1, Duvnjak 6, Cañellas 6, Pfahl 5, Mahé 4, Toft Hansen 2, Lackovic 1, Hens 1, Flohr, Nilsson, Dominikovic, Schröder n.e., Jansen n.e., Djordjic n.e.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Andersson (12 saves); Rasmussen (3 saves); Rudeck n.e. Weinhold 8/2, Nenadic 4, Glandorf 3, Knudsen 3, Eggert 2, Heinl 2, Gustafsson 2, Svan Hansen 1, Wanne 1, Radivojevic 1, Karlsson, Mogensen, Gottfridsson
At the second match of the group, Spanish Naturhouse La Rioja beat Slovenian best team – RK Gorenje 34:31 in direct battle for the TOP 16 place.
Naturhouse La Rioja: Martinez Martinez, Goncalves 7, Arrieta 2, Velasco, Tiomuntcev 3, Jimenez 3, Aguinalde, Malburg 4, Garabaya, Ramiro, Tolmos, Masachs, Rodriguez 2, Fernandez 10, Romero 3.
Gorenje Velenje: Taletović, Cehte, Medved 3, S. Burić 3, B. Burić, Cehte 5, Skube 7, Golčar, Šoštarič 5, Papež 4, Vrečar 2, Gams, Nosan 1, Oštir, Dujmović 1.
STANDINGS:
1. HSV 5 – 10
2. Flensburg 5 – 7
3. Aalborg 4 – 4
4. La Rioja 5 – 4
5. Gorenje Velenje 5 – 2
6. Drott Halmstad 4 – 1
