SCM starts the EHF Champions League with two points

The debut could hardly have gone better. In his first game in the EHF Champions League, Dominik Kuzmanovic directly demonstrated his international class. In the seventh minute, the goalkeeper made three saves and, together with his defence, laid the foundation for a first lead. Antonio Serradilla scored from the fast middle to make it 4-2 (8th), then Albin Lagergren added a counter-attack to make it 5-2 (10th).

Due to some inaccuracies, Kolstad came a little closer (7-6, 15th), but SCM immediately picked up again. Gisli Kristjansson and Felix Claar made it 9-6 (17th). In the 27th minute, Elvar Örn Jonsson extended the lead to five goals for the first time (16-11) and increased it to 19-12 shortly before the break.

Matthias Musche scored with his fifth goal after the restart to make it 20-12 (32) and as the game progressed, the result became clearer and clearer. Not least because Kuzmanovic continued to make strong saves and, among other things, defused a seven-metre shot. Omar Ingi Magnusson scored the 24-14 (41st) and no matter what Kolstad tried, Magdeburg always had an answer.

SCM further extended the lead, with Tim Thielicke also getting his first minutes of action and immediately netting to make it 29-17 (49th). In the end, coach Bennet Wiegert’s team confidently picked up the first two points in the EHF Champions League.

In the second game of Group F, Industria Kielce narrowly beat HC Kriens-Luzern 30-29 at home in the evening.