Live blog: Teams' preparation complete on Friday
It's almost time for the EHF FINAL4 Women 2024. This year's final weekend of the EHF Champions League Women is extra-special, as it's the 10th anniversary edition of the tournament.
The teams arrive in Budapest on Thursday, before settling into the last day of training and media calls on Friday. Follow all the build-up here on the live blog to prepare for the weekend's games.
The match will be really difficult, because Bietigheim know us and we know Bietigheim. During the pre-season preparation matches we played a lot against Bietigheim. We know that everyone wants to win the first match. Apart from that it will be a very intense match, because everyone wants it.
The pressure is there every day. Pressure is on my players every day, but this is up to me to handle this pressure together with them so we are calm together. But the pressure is enormous.
Team Esbjerg is an experienced team. We have a lot of people that's not 20 years old. We have a lot of different players that adapt well to the team; that's one of our strengths, that we are able to use our strength with different players, we don't just play something to play something. We bring a lot of tactics, maybe one of the most tactical teams in the Champions League.
Many are saying that we have no pressure, because we are not favourites, we are the dark horse. But when you are in the (EHF) FINAL4 of course there is pressure because we don't know if we will be here next year. It's not like Györ who are here almost every year. For us when we are here we want to deliver, we want to perform and give our best.