In the final of the Champions League for women's handball, in front of 20.000 spectators in "MVM dom" in Budapest, the defending champion Vipers and home team Ferencvaros will play.
In an incredible drama, the Hungarian team defeated Esbjerg 30:29, with a goal by Emily Belk three seconds before the end.
Thus, for the first time after 21 years, he entered the final of the elite competition, which he had been waiting for since he upset Podgorica on April 21, 2002 in the rematch against Budućnosti - the team then named Hertz, after a draw at home (32:32), in " Morači" celebrated 32:31 and won the matches for the title, but lost them to the Macedonian Đorča Petrov.
FTC was led by Anđela Malestein with seven goals, Belk scored six, and Katrin Klujber and Andrea Lekić five each.
In the defeated team, the Norwegians Nora Merk and Heni Rejstad were the best.
Interestingly, Ferencvaros announced at the beginning of April that they will not continue their cooperation with Gabor Elek, who has been the head of the coaching staff since 2007.
The team has since won the Hungarian Cup with a victory over the super-strong Djerba and entered the final for which they have been waiting for more than two decades. Perhaps now he has finally fulfilled both his dreams and the dreams dreamed by his father, the legendary FTC coach Đula Elek, after whom the club's hall is named...
In the first semi-final, which was a repeat of last year's final, Vipers defeated Djer 37:35.
The Norwegian team was in the lead almost all the time, in the 2nd half it was plus six more than once, and the five-time champion came close to the minimum difference only in the last minute with a goal by Estej Nze-Minko.
Ole-Gustav Gjekstad took a time-out, and the masterful Russian Ana Vyahireva eliminated all dilemmas with her fifth goal.
The most effective were the Swede Jamina Roberts with eight goals and the Czech Marketa Ježabkova with seven goals, while Stine Oftedal with 11 and Ana Gross with nine goals jumped in the ranks of Đer.
Jelena Despotović did not enroll.
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