Sc Magdeburg Vs HBC Nantes Handball Highlights EHF Champions League 2024

Sc Magdeburg Vs Hbc Nantes Handball Highlights EHF Champions League 2024
SC Magdeburg (GER) vs HBC Nantes (FRA) 28:32 (16:15)
After 10 minutes in the game, Magdeburg coach Bennet Wiegert took a first timeout. “Das ist Champions League!” he shouted, not convinced by the performance of his players. But in the first part of the game, Nantes looked unstoppable, with Ayoub Abdi scoring incredible goals and Aymeric Minne running all over the court — and scoring. Still, the hosts slowly found their rhythm. Their defence found ways to stop taking goals and Lukas Mertens was clinical on fastbreaks. The left wing levelled the score in the 24th minute for the first since the early seconds of the game. And just before the break, Gisli Kristjansson converted a pass from Omar Ingi Magnusson to put SCM on top, 16:15. What Nantes had failed to do in the first half, they did in the first quarter of the second half: Powered by Aymeric Minne, well helped by captain Valero Rivera, the French side scored four unanswered goals between minutes 37 and 41 for a four-goal advantage: 22:18, the biggest lead of the game so far. And once the momentum was on their side, Nantes never let it go, even though Omar Ingi Magnusson netted seven times in total. And to secure the win, Aymeric Minne scored twice in the last minute to finish with nine goals, the best scoring performance of the evening. The result marked Nantes first-ever win over Magdeburg: the French side had lost five of their previous six meetings, and had only earned a draw once, in an EHF Cup match in March 2013.
We had problems getting into the game right from the start, but we went into half-time 16:15 ahead. We then had a really bad spell in the second half, in which we trailed 18:22. It is now the second home game we have lost and that hurts immensely.
Bennet Wiegert
Head coach, SC Magdeburg
Winning in Magdeburg is something special. I am very proud of my teammates. We have a few injured players and everyone gave 120 per cent today.
Ivan Pesic
Goalkeeper, HBC Nantes
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