Swedish TOP team IFK Kristianstad took the biggest scalp in club’s history, German one, from Rhein Neckar Lowen! The second victory of Ola Lindgren team suprised whole handball Europe, but also confirmed problem of the German teams at the VELUX EHF Champions League this season, who aren’t so dominant like before:
– We got inspiration from Malmo yesterday. They showed that they can win against teams with better grades and larger budgets – said Kristianstad’s coach Ola Lindgren after the match to aftonbladet.se. Malmo football team beat Ukrainian Shaktar Donetsk 2:1 in UEFA Champions League:
– The way they did it, the audience and everything. This was a small mini notion of what was happening in terms of audience in Malmö, but according to handball standards, it was a big event for Swedish handball.
Swedish left back, member of the “Lions” from Mannheim, Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz was hardly dissapointed:
– Our performance was probably the worst during my 3.5 years in the club – said fantastic shooter.
Legendary Magnus Wislander thinks that Kristianstad could play easily in German DKB Bundesliga:
– Absolutely in upper part of the table. Not TOP 4Â perhaps, but just behind, especially if you also count the arena and the atmosphere – said legendary “postman”.
