Debrecen to host MOTW; exciting Nordic clash to be played in Esbjerg
In round 11 of the EHF Champions League Women, the Match of the Week will be staged on Saturday in Debrecen, where DVSC Schaeffler will host Odense Håndbold in group A. For the Danish team, it will be the second straight match against a Hungarian team, after they were defeated by Györi Audi ETO KC last weekend.
Also on Saturday, Györ will try to extend their winning run to 11 matches as they are set to play at WHC Buducnost BEMAX. And in group B, an exciting Nordic duel is expected on Sunday, as the top-placed Team Esbjerg will take on titleholders Vipers Kristiansand.
We had a very important win against Buducnost last week, we are within arm’s reach of going through, so I hope we can play more freely. Odense are one of the strongest teams in Europe, they play very fast handball and they have very strong players physically. The key will be whether we can take on these strong players. If we succeed, we can play a close match with them again, like in Odense.
A very important meeting in our desire to achieve the best possible ranking. They are a direct opponent, a team we lost to at home, a very stable team with a lot of experience and that has had a very good run. We want to do the best possible at home in front of our crowd and this confrontation will be decisive for the rest of our journey in the EHF Champions League.
It is always a challenge to play against Györ. We are aware of what kind of team it is and the qualities of their players. We still have good energy and we will try to show that in the remaining four games of this season.
Podgorica is never the easiest place to play. Their team has a fighting spirit that doesn't allow us not to have maximum concentration for 60 minutes. Although their squad has changed in recent years, they have experienced handball players alongside many talented young players. Our goal is clear, we want to get another two points.
We need to be very prepared and sharp in this game against Sävehof. They are a hungry team that wants to play with speed and have some very good individual players. We want to show them that this is our home court and and we will do anything to take the victory
Bucharest away is a very difficult task for all teams, especially for us with a young squad and a lot of injuries. So, the pressure is on CSM to win. We’ll, however, do everything to make it difficult for CSM, as well as build on the strong performance from our last game against Bietigheim.
We know that it will be a very difficult game but I think that we have our chances and we have to be ready. I hope that we will show our best handball and we will get the two points in Denmark. We didn’t win the last two games against Krim and Metz, but I think we did so many good things to deserve it.
Metz are a French team, in which virtually all the medalists of the last World Championship play and above all the gold medalists, the representatives of France. Each time we go out with the assumption of taking the fight and the chance to score points, but we realize how difficult a task awaits us.
Many things have to go our way in order to win against Vipers. You need to be great to win and we were that in the previous match against them. Now we will see who has learned the most from that match, where both teams played amazingly in offence, while both teams needed to change a bit in the defence. No matter what, it will be an exciting task.
This weekend’s game is going to be completely different from a Norwegian league game. The quality in the EHF Champions League is so much higher, and that’s something we have to prepare for. We will go to Esbjerg and give everything. We will fight, and we will go there with the mentality that we want to win. In this group every single point you can get is so important.
