“We are ready”: SCM starts in the Champions League

“I’m looking forward to a new competition and to the opponents who are coming. Paris have a new coach, I’m curious to see what he brings in. We’re definitely ready – we’ve shown that recently,” said SCM left winger Lukas Mertens ahead of the game, which kicks off on Wednesday at 20:45 CET (DYN, DAZN).

Six players have left the club – including former HBL players goalkeeper Andreas Palicka and backcourt player Dani Baijens. Meanwhile, the team has been strengthened with seven new players and coach Stefan Madsen, who has moved from Aalborg to the Seine.

“There is a lot of individual quality at PSG, just like you know Paris,” says coach Bennet Wiegert. “Stefan Madsen is now playing in the Champions League with them for the first time – we know each other very well and for a long time from his previous stops. Nevertheless, there are always things you don’t expect. We did a lot of video study to get off to the best possible start in the competition.”

After SCM was able to crown last season with the title, the goals this year are no smaller. This is another reason why it is important to get off to a good start, so that the path to the Truckscout24 EHF Final4 can be made easier via the targeted first two group places.

The strong performance of the previous season is also underlined by the award planned in the run-up to the match: The EHF will present the already communicated EHF Excellence Awards to three Magdeburg players. Felix Claar is honoured as the best left back, Gisli Kristjansson as a midfielder and Magnus Saugstrup as a centre-forward.

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