Rhein Neckar Lowen celebrated the third win at VELUX EHF Champions League. The “Lions” extended winning run and series of fantastic performances by beating RK PPD Zagreb 31:24 (15:11). Andreas Palicka was in good form by saving 17 shots of the visitors, who had no chance to stay close to the favorites from SAP Arena…
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Palicka 17 saves, Pekeler 7, Mensah Larsen 7, Schmid 4, Sigurdsson 3, Reinkind 2, Petersson 2, Tollbring 2, Guardiola 2, Taleski 1, Groetzki 1, Appelgren, Baena Gonzalez, Radivojevic, Bliznac, Rnic,
PPD Zagreb: Skok 12 (1) saves, Kastelic ; Mrakovčić 1, Božić – Pavletić 2, Kontrec 1, Vori , Ž.Marković 6, Šušnja 1, J. Valčić 2, T. Valčić, Mandalinić 4, Ereš, Hrstić, Vuglač 3, Bičanić 4.
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Rhein-Neckar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 154:130 | 8 | |
| 2. | Szeged | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 149:133 | 7 | |
| 3. | Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 130:115 | 7 | |
| 4. | Vardar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 107:92 | 7 | |
| 5. | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 104:110 | 3 | |
| 6. | PPD Zagreb | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 124:143 | 2 | |
| 7. | Wisla Plock | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 134:155 | 1 | |
| 8. | Kristianstad | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 106:130 | 1 |
