“We want to end this tournament with a good feeling”

“We don’t care who comes. We want to end this tournament with a good feeling. That means getting the maximum out of ourselves,” said SCM coach Bennet Wiegert directly after the lost semi-final against Veszprém (20-23). There is no question that the course of this year’s Super Globe was not to his liking. Too often, his team failed in finishing and often shot themselves in the foot despite well-played chances.

The result was the first defeat since March, which could hardly have come at a worse time. Despite the missed title opportunity, SCM is looking ahead. After all, the next game is coming up on Thursday, there is still something to win.

At 17:15 (local time), the opponent is now Al Ahly. The Egyptians lost their match against FC Barcelona 21-26. While there was little to gain for coach David Davis’ team in terms of sport, one aspect makes you sit up and take notice: 2000 spectators were in the hall at their home team’s game and created an atmosphere – and Magdeburg can also look forward to that.

“Of course we are disappointed that we could not reach the final for the fifth time in a row. We haven’t lost 30 competitive games before, but at some point every series ends,” says the managing director of Handball Magdeburg GmbH, Marc-Henrik Schmedt. “Of course, we are now trying to end the tournament on a positive note with third place and a win against Al Ahly. Nevertheless, we have to keep in mind that we have another very difficult away game in the Bundesliga at HSV Handball on Sunday.”

Directly one day after the final, SCM will travel back to Germany. There, the game in the Daikin Handball Bundesliga at HSV Hamburg (15:00 CET) is imminent on Sunday.