Less than 3.500 fans in SAP Arena in Mannheim witnessed amazing victory of Hungarian second best team PICK Szeged over Rhein Neckar Lowen 34:30 (16:17) in their first clash at the VELUX EHF Champions League TOP 16 phase. Team of Juan Carlos Pastor reminded on fantastic achievement from the previous season in which PICK won the EHF Cup F4 in Berlin. Their fans are now even more fired up before the second leg in Szeged next weekend.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – MOL-Pick Szeged 30:34 (17:16)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Landin, Rutschmann (.) – Schmid (5), Gensheimer (8/5), Kneer (1), Sigurmannsson (n.e.), Myrhol (4), Larsen (2), Reinkind, Guardiola (n.e.), Steinhauser (n.e.), Groetzki (1), Ekdahl du Rietz (5), Petersson (4), Ganshorn (n.e.), Schmidt (n.e.)
MOL-Pick Szeged: Sierra Mendez, Wyszomirski (from 30.) – Vadkerti, Kallman (2), Garcia Robledo (4), Fekete, Zubai (2), Ilyes (3), Balogh (4), Blazevic, Prodanovic (1), Hegedüs (1), Bombac (5), Garcia Parrondo (9/9), Ancsin (2)
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