Summary: FTC and Valcea impress with home wins
21:00
Tonight's results again: two home wins, both by two goals, and each time with the hosts beating a higher-ranked team.
Saturday was really disappointing for us, but tonight we can be extremely happy. It was teamwork, we wanted this win, we were strong mentally and we always had somebody to help us in the more difficult moments of the game.
20:49
Broch is back!
Even though only for a few minutes near the end, it is a pleasure to see Yvette Broch back in the EHF Champions League, after the Dutch star line player has been away for nearly three years.
20:18
RESULT | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Metz Handball 32:30 (18:15)
Congrats to FTC, who hold on to an early lead to deservedly beat Metz. Both teams are now on 12 points in group B, though Metz have a game in hand.
20:09
Team timeout Metz. It is 30:27 for FTC with five minutes on the clock and Metz coach Emmanuel Mayonnade will bring Yvette Broch as a second line player. It is all or nothing now!
19:50
Tjasa Stanko, next season back at Krim in her native Slovenia, but now converting a penalty for Metz against FTC as the French side reduce their deficit to just two, 22:20.
Still 20 minutes to go!
I am so happy. I am so proud of my team. We played very good in defence and we had good solutions in attack. It is important to continue this way in the Champions League, with confidence.
19:24
HALF-TIME | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Metz Handball 18:15
It is their efficient attack (75 percent!) that has helped FTC open a three-goal lead in the first half. However, Metz's Meline Nocandy is the best scorer so far, with six goals.
19:04
Team timeout Metz. Emmanuel Mayonnade has some instructions for his team as Metz are trailing FTC by two, 9:7.
18:57
Dutch wing Debbie Bont has just made it 5:5 as nothing is separating FTC and Metz after the opening 10 minutes.
18:42
And it is right on to our next match. Join us as we visit Hungary where FTC play hosts to Metz.
Here is your DIRECT LINK TO FTC VS METZ ON EHFTV.
18:39
Buducnost did well to snatch a point from second-ranked Brest Bretagne Handball in France last weekend but fail to reproduce the goods against Valcea in Romania tonight and go down 25:23.
For Valcea, the only way is up after back-to-back wins, which follow their series of six straight defeats to start the season.
18:32
RESULT | SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs Buducnost 25:23 (14:10)
Well done, Valcea! The hosts have been in the lead against Buducnost throughout since 1:1 in minute two of the first half for a deserved win.
18:24
The content on our official EHF Champions League Twitter channel is so cool, the top players are even retweeting it during their matches... ;-)
18:16
Team timeout Buducnost. They are 21:18 behind with 10 minutes left. Can they turn it around or are Valcea going to get their second straight win?
18:07
Halfway through the second half and Buducnost have closed the gap to Valcea to just two goals, 17:15. This is still anybody's game!
17:37
HALF-TIME | SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs Buducnost 14:10
The hosts took an early lead and held on to it. We are up for an interesting second half in Romania.
17:18
Halfway through the first half, Valcea lead by two. Not exactly a high-scoring game so far but we have seen some entertaining stuff.
17:09
Just the start the hosts wanted! Valcea have gone 4:1 up against Buducnost in under eight minutes.
16:50
Get ready... we throw off in 10 minutes!
Here is your DIRECT LINK TO VALCEA VS BUDUCNOST ON EHFTV.
16:41
Metz can close the gap to group A leaders Rostov-Don to a single point if they beat FTC tonight. In that case, they could even go top of the group this weekend with another won over FTC, as Rostov won't play since their match against CSM Bucuresti has been postponed.
On the other hand, FTC could join Metz on 12 points tonight if they keep the points in Hungary.
16:09
Valcea ended their six-match losing streak last weekend in Croatia. Can they continue the upward trend at home against Buducnost?
The visitors from Montenegro know one thing for sure: no matter the result tonight, they will remain in fifth place in group B.
Here is how both teams rank going into today's match:
