The handball team from THW Kiel missed out on making it into the final four of the Champions League. The German record champions lost in the second leg of the quarter-finals at Paris Saint-Germain by 29:32 (15:17).
The handball team from THW Kiel missed out on making it into the final four of the Champions League. The German record champions lost in the second leg of the quarter-finals at Paris Saint-Germain by 29:32 (15:17).
The THW had already lost the first leg in their own hall 27:31 against the French. The best throwers of the evening were Petter Överby with five goals for Kiel and Dainis Kristopans with six goals for Paris.
The Kiel team fell behind early on. After the first failed attempt by Miha Zarabec, a freely missed chance by Hendrik Pekeler and a missed seven-metre throw by Magnus Landin, the North Germans were quickly 4:7 (11th minute) and later 10:15 (26th) behind.
THW coach Filip Jicha had PSG playmaker Luc Steins take cover to take the momentum out of the hosts’ attack. In addition, the Czech attacked the seventh field player. So the North Germans came back to two hits before the break.
Again and again, however, the Kielers got out of step with their own mistakes and let Paris pull away. When Steins hit the empty goal of the guests in the 37th minute to make it 22:17 (37th), the preliminary decision was made. Like two years ago, PSG was the terminus for the Bundesliga leaders in the quarter-finals of the premier class.
Source: Stern
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