Filip Jícha led the handball player Kiel to the finals of the Champions League.
Martin Meissner, ČTK / AP
The 38-year-old coach has to do without several players, including Pavel Horák. The Czech national team did not receive permission from the doctors to play in the Final Four after the covid-19.
Even so, the Kiel players managed to repay Veszprém for a few weeks old unequivocal 33:41 defeat from the basic part. Kiel’s great first half came out, in which he led by up to seven goals and went to the locker room with a lead of 18:13. After the break, however, the Hungarian team equalized and Kiel decided a thrilling overtime for itself by one goal.
Filip Jícha led the handball player Kiel to the finals of the Champions League.
Martin Meissner, ČTK / AP
“I’m proud of the team. The final against Barcelona is a dream match,” Jícha, who ended his playing career in a Barcelona jersey, told Eurosport television.
Kiel is in the Champions League final after six years and will attack for the fourth title. He failed four times in the final.
Barcelona dealt with PGG
The Barcelona handball players advanced to the finals for the twelfth time, beating 37:32 Paris St. Germain, who has been weakened by several players due to positive tests for coronavirus. Barcelona, which is the record holder of the competition with nine titles, can win the Champions League after five years.
Barcelona handball players celebrate advancing to the Champions League final
Thilo Schmuelgen, Reuters
The Paris Club arrived at the final tournament without Luc Steins, who already had a positive test in France. In Cologne, before entering the “bubble”, another player was infected.
Toft Hansen dropped out of the lineup, who, like one of the positively tested judges, had to be quarantined. Local authorities nevertheless allowed PSG to start in the Final Four.
| Final handball league tournament in Cologne – semifinals: |
| Barcelona – Paris St. Germain 37:32 (18:14), |
| Kiel – Veszprém 36:35 po prodl. (29:29, 18:13) |
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