Match Report

Dream start in the Champions League against Paris

Albin Lagergren celebrates
Victory for Albin Lagergren and SCM (Photo: Franziska Gora)

Two points to kick things off! SC Magdeburg starts the group stage of the Machineseeker EHF Champions League with a win. Against the French champion Paris Saint-Germain, the final score is 37-31 (21-17).

Both teams were balanced in the early stages. Magdeburg set up, Paris followed up – five minutes played after kick-off it was 4-4. Then, however, the guests were able to take advantage of a double advantage and assert themselves especially over the circle (4-6, 8th).

In the 14th minute, however, SCM took the lead again, scoring Daniel Pettersson to make it 10-9. After that, the team around coach Bennet Wiegert continued to improve. Omar Ingi Magnusson scored for the first two-goal lead (13-11), goalkeeper Sergey Hernandez also netted again and made it plus three, before Sebastian Barthold increased the lead to 17-13 (25th).

In the second half, Magdeburg kept their focus, although after 21 goals in the first half, the pace decreased somewhat. Nevertheless, the course of the game remained similar: Defensively compact and with a strong Hernandez as support as well as with an attack that once again found gaps, the lead continued to rise. In the 40th minute, Felix Claar scored the 27:22.

Seven minutes later, SCM took advantage of a numerical advantage, scored twice into the empty goal – score: 32-25. Paris caught up again (34-30, 55th), but Claar countered directly with his double strike to make it 36-30 (56th) and made the victory prematurely perfect.

Referees: Andreu Marín / Ignacio Garcia (ESP)
Attendance: 6182
Score: 3-4 (5th), 6-7 (10th), 11-10 (15th), 14-12 (20th), 17-13 (25th), 21-17 (30th) – 24-20 (35th), 27-22 (40th), 29-24 (45th), 33-27 (50th), 24-30 (55th), 37-31 (60th)
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