The largest handball hall in Europe, MVM Dom in Budapest, will once again host the final four of the Women's Handball Champions League on May 31st and June 1st, and from today it will be known which teams.
Győr, the current European champion, and Danish Odense, overcame the quarterfinal hurdles yesterday, and now Esbjerg - ĆSM Bucharest and two French teams Metz and Brest will fight for the remaining two tickets to the spectacle in the city on the Danube.
It will be especially interesting in the southwest of Denmark, where the Montenegrin captain will Đurđina Jauković with a plus one from the first match (30:29) to try to defeat Esbjerg and return to the final tournament after four years.
Gina trained a little less during the week due to her injury, but according to Romanian media, she will be ready for today's match.
At the same time, her teammate and girlfriend who led Buducnost to their second European crown in 2015, the legendary Kristina Neagu She hopes this won't be her last match in the competition she symbolizes.
The handball player, who is the top scorer in the history of the Champions League with 1.228 goals, previously announced that she would retire from handball at the end of this season.
- I have a message for Kristina - you have been a real inspiration to me in my career. You are definitely the best shooter in history. I have immense respect for the way you have progressed. I don't even know how many years have passed... A lot. You should be very proud of yourself - these are the words she used Heni Rajstad, the best handball player on the planet and a great asset for Esjberg, greeted her great rival in the quarterfinals.
The girl who was the best handball player in the world four times will be an additional motivation for her teammates.
"We are really united this season, and we have a team that has been playing together for a long time. Many of us are friends, not just teammates, and Kristina's withdrawal has given us extra motivation. We want to fulfill her dream. I hope we will beat Esbjerg and fight for the trophy," she emphasized. Elizabeth Omoregi.
In 2016, CSM Bucharest became European champions for the first and last time, three years later they reached the final four and never again after that.
When it comes to Đurđina Jauković, our handball player was part of the final tournament twice at the beginning of her career in the Buducnost jersey (2016, 2017), while in 2021 she reached the grand final with Brest, but then with the French club she did not have many chances against the powerful Vipers.
Now he wants to return to Budapest, but this time not to the "Laszlo Pap Arena", but to the new handball temple "MVM dom".
Champions League quarter-finals
Today
Mec - Brest 14.00:1 p.m. (29st match 26:XNUMX)
Esbjerg - ĆSM Bucharest 16.00h (29:30)
Yesterday, Győr and Odense qualified for the semifinals.
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